How to say it in Chinese

Improve in Chinese

to improve · HSK 3

提高 tí gāo

  1. 提 tí to lift
  2. 高 gāo high

我想提高我的中文水平。 I want to improve my Chinese.

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How do you say improve in Chinese?

Improve in Chinese is 提高 (tí gāo). You can also say 改进 (gǎi jìn), 改善 (gǎi shàn), 好转 (hǎo zhuǎn), 进步 (jìn bù).

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?

The CC-CEDICT 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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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.