Chinese symbol for “improve”
改进
gǎi jìn
Traditional: 改進
to improve; to make better; improvement
The closest CC-CEDICT match for improve is 改进 (gǎi jìn), defined as: to improve; to make better; improvement.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “improve”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改良 | gǎi liáng | to improve (sth); to refine; to reform (a system) |
| 好转 (好轉) | hǎo zhuǎn | to improve; to take a turn for the better |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 改进.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform; to reform |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 进入 (進入) | jìn rù | to enter; to go into |
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
See also: Japanese symbol for “improve”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.