改变 gǎibiàn▶ mengubah

Stroke order

改变 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 改 — 7 strokes
• 变 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to change
2. to alter
3. to transform

Example sentences

• 他改变了主意。Tā gǎibiàn le zhǔyi.He changed his mind.
• 这个城市改变了很多。Zhège chéngshì gǎibiàn le hěn duō.This city has changed a lot.

Related words

• 修改mengubah
• 变化mengubah
• 改善Meningkatkan
• 改正koreksi
• 改进Peningkatan
• 改革reformasi

改变 is pronounced gǎibiàn and means “mengubah”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 改变 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.