Chinese symbol for “transform”
改造
gǎi zào
to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transform is 改造 (gǎi zào), defined as: to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “transform”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变革 (變革) | biàn gé | to transform; to change |
| 变换 (變換) | biàn huàn | to transform; to convert |
| 蜕变 (蛻變) | tuì biàn | to transform; to morph |
| 转型 (轉型) | zhuǎn xíng | to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product) |
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 改造.
| 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 |
| 改进 (改進) | gǎi jìn | to improve; to make better; improvement |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 创造 (創造) | chuàng zào | to create; to bring about |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transform”.
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.