Chinese symbol for “upgrade”
更新
gēng xīn
to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade
The closest CC-CEDICT match for upgrade is 更新 (gēng xīn), defined as: to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “upgrade”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 升格 | shēng gé | promotion; upgrade |
| 调升 (調升) | tiáo shēng | to adjust upward; to upgrade |
| 擢升 | zhuó shēng | to promote (sb); to upgrade |
| 升级 (升級) | shēng jí | to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity) |
| 换新 (換新) | huàn xīn | to replace with sth new; to upgrade |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 更新.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 更加 | gèng jiā | more (than sth else); even more |
| 更是 | gèng shì | even more (so) |
| 更为 (更為) | gèng wéi | even more |
| 更换 (更換) | gēng huàn | to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc) |
| 变更 (變更) | biàn gēng | to change; to alter |
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “upgrade”.
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.