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To improve in Chinese: 改进 (gǎi jìn)

gǎi jìn

to improve

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 改進2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to improve; to make better
  2. 2improvement

Stroke order

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改
进

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄞˇ

gǎi

ㄍ/ gㄞ/ aiˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄣˋ

jìn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

改进

Simplified

改進

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 你的论文还需要改进。

    nǐ de lùn wén hái xū yào gǎi jìn。

    Your essay still needs some improvement.

  • 近来各方面都有所改进。

    jìn lái gè fāng miàn dōu yǒu suǒ gǎi jìn。

    We've seen all-round improvements lately.

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Related words

进

jìn

to go forward

改

gǎi

to change

改变

gǎi biàn

to change

进行

jìn xíng

to advance

促进

cù jìn

to promote (an idea or cause)

改革

gǎi gé

reform

改善

gǎi shàn

to make better

改正

gǎi zhèng

to correct

进步

jìn bù

progress

进口

jìn kǒu

to import

修改

xiū gǎi

to amend

进来

jìn lái

to come in

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