Amend in Chinese
to amend · HSK 5
改正
- 改 to change
- 正 straight
老师让我改正作业里的错误。 The teacher asked me to correct the mistakes in my homework.
Other ways to say amend
More words with 改 or 正
How do you say amend in Chinese?
Amend in Chinese is 改正 (gǎi zhèng). You can also say 修改 (xiū gǎi), 修订 (xiū dìng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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