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
Southern Min
(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): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ goi²
  - Yale: sāu gói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ goi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ goi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ kɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-kói
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiu^ˊ goi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹ goi³
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴ koi̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kóe
  - Tâi-lô: siu-kué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu'koea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ kue⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-ké
  - Tâi-lô: siu-ké
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu'kea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kái
  - Tâi-lô: siu-kái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu'kae
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁵³/
- (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
- 乃自吳尋二陸。平原不在，正見清河，具以情告，並云欲自修改，而年已蹉跎，終無所成。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  乃自吴寻二陆。平原不在，正见清河，具以情告，并云欲自修改，而年已蹉跎，终无所成。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE
  Nǎi zì Wú xún èr Lù. Píngyuán bùzài, zhèng jiàn Qīnghé, jù yǐ qíng gào, bìng yún yù zì xiūgǎi, ér nián yǐ cuōtuó, zhōng wú suǒ chéng. [Pinyin]
  He went to the district of Wu to look for the Lu brothers. Failing to find Lu Ji, he sought out Lu Yun and confided to him that he long wanted to mend his ways, but after so many wasted years it seemed too late to change.
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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修正 (xiūzhèng)
修編 / 修编 (xiūbiān)
修訂 / 修订 (xiūdìng)
刪改 / 删改 (shāngǎi)
匡正 (kuāngzhèng) (literary)
參訂 / 参订 (cāndìng) (to proofread and correct)
批改 (pīgǎi) (to mark)
改定 (gǎidìng)
改正 (gǎizhèng)
改訂 / 改订 (gǎidìng)
更定 (gēngdìng)
更正 (gēngzhèng)
格正 (gézhèng) (literary)
校正 (jiàozhèng) (to proofread and correct)
矯正 / 矫正 (jiǎozhèng)
端正 (duānzhèng)
糾正 / 纠正 (jiūzhèng)
訂正 / 订正 (dìngzhèng)
重修 (chóngxiū)
釐正 (lízhèng) (literary)

(to change):

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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)
改造 (gǎizào)
更動 / 更动 (gēngdòng)
更換 / 更换 (gēnghuàn)
更改 (gēnggǎi)
游移 (yóuyí)
移 (yí)
移易 (yíyì) (literary)
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 (Hokkien)
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)