Better in Chinese
to better · HSK 5
改善
- 改 to change
- 善 good
多运动可以改善睡眠。 Exercising more can improve your sleep.
Other ways to say better
More words with 改 or 善
How do you say better in Chinese?
Better in Chinese is 改善 (gǎi shàn). You can also say 强 (qiáng).
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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