修改

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
trad. (修改)		修	改
simp. ^#(修改)		修	改

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiūgǎi
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄍㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ goi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siû-kói
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): siu-kóe / siu-ké / siu-kái
(Teochew, Peng'im): siu¹ goi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūgǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄍㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siougǎi
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-kai³
  - Yale: syōu-gǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiougae
  - Palladius: сюгай (sjugaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjoʊ̯⁵⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ goi²
  - Yale: sāu gói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ goi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ goi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ kɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-kói
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiu´ goi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹ goi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯u²⁴ koi̯³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kóe
  - Tâi-lô: siu-kué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu'koea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu³³ kue⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-ké
  - Tâi-lô: siu-ké
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu'kea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kái
  - Tâi-lô: siu-kái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu'kae
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siu¹ goi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siu kói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³⁻²³ koi⁵²/

Verb

修改

to revise; to alter; to modify; to amend; to rework; to revamp; to mend
to change; to alter; to modify
修改憲法／修改宪法 ― xiūgǎi xiànfǎ ― to change the constitution

Synonyms

(to revise):

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Synonyms of 修改

修正 (xiūzhèng)
匡正 (kuāngzhèng) (literary)
批改 (pīgǎi) (to mark)
改定 (gǎidìng)
改正 (gǎizhèng)
更定 (gēngdìng)
更正 (gēngzhèng)
校正 (jiàozhèng) (to proofread and correct)
格正 (gézhèng) (literary)
端正 (duānzhèng)

重修 (chóngxiū)
釐正 (lízhèng) (literary)
修編／修编 (xiūbiān)
修訂／修订 (xiūdìng)
刪改／删改 (shāngǎi)
參訂／参订 (cāndìng) (to proofread and correct)
改訂／改订 (gǎidìng)
矯正／矫正 (jiǎozhèng)
糾正／纠正 (jiūzhèng)
訂正／订正 (dìngzhèng)

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Synonyms of 修改

改造 (gǎizào)
更改 (gēnggǎi)
游移 (yóuyí)
移易 (yíyì) (literary)
切換／切换 (qiēhuàn)
改動／改动 (gǎidòng)
改換／改换 (gǎihuàn)
改觀／改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
更動／更动 (gēngdòng)
更換／更换 (gēnghuàn)
竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds, to revise text)

竄亂／窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
變／变 (biàn)
變換／变换 (biànhuàn)
變易／变易 (biànyì)
變更／变更 (biàngēng)
變變／变变 (Min Nan)
變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
轉化／转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
轉換／转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
遷／迁 (qiān)
革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)