Transform in Chinese
to transform · HSK 4
改变
- 改 to change
- 变 to change
这本书改变了我的生活。 This book changed my life.
Other ways to say transform
More words with 改 or 变
How do you say transform in Chinese?
Transform in Chinese is 改变 (gǎi biàn). You can also say 化 (huà), 转变 (zhuǎn biàn), 改造 (gǎi zào), 转换 (zhuǎn huàn).
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.