Chinese symbol for “improvement”
进步
jìn bù
Traditional: 進步
progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
The closest CC-CEDICT match for improvement is 进步 (jìn bù), defined as: progress; improvement; to improve; to progress.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “improvement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 转好 (轉好) | zhuǎn hǎo | improvement; turnaround (for the better) |
| 改进 (改進) | gǎi jìn | to improve; to make better; improvement |
| 好转 (好轉) | hǎo zhuǎn | to improve; to take a turn for the better |
| 进益 (進益) | jìn yì | income; (literary) improvement |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 进步.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 先进 (先進) | xiān jìn | sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc) |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively; step by step |
| 同步 | tóng bù | synchronous; to synchronize |
| 初步 | chū bù | initial; preliminary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “improvement”.
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