How to say it in Chinese

Update in Chinese

to update · HSK 5

更新 gēng xīn

  1. 更 gèng more
  2. 新 xīn new

我昨天更新了手机系统。 I updated my phone's system yesterday.

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How do you say update in Chinese?

Update in Chinese is 更新 (gēng xīn). You can also say 升级 (shēng jí), 更 (gēng), 动态 (dòng tài).

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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