Chinese symbol for “modify”
修改
xiū gǎi
to amend; to alter; to modify
The closest CC-CEDICT match for modify is 修改 (xiū gǎi), defined as: to amend; to alter; to modify.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “modify”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变更 (變更) | biàn gēng | to change; to alter |
| 改装 (改裝) | gǎi zhuāng | to change one's costume; to repackage |
| 改动 (改動) | gǎi dòng | to alter; to modify |
| 删改 (刪改) | shān gǎi | to edit; to modify |
| 改易 | gǎi yì | to change; to modify |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 修改.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 修正 | xiū zhèng | to revise; to amend; to rectify |
| 修复 (修復) | xiū fù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 修订 (修訂) | xiū dìng | to revise |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “modify”.
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.