改
gǎi HSK2

change

改 gǎi
to change verb
to change, alter, or transform; to switch from one thing to another

现在改主意还不晚。

xiàn​zài gǎi zhǔ​yi hái bù wǎn.

It's not too late to change your mind.

to modify verb
to revise written work; to tailor or alter the size of clothing

衣服已经按照你的尺寸改好了。

yī​fu yǐ​jing àn​zhào nǐ de chǐ​cun gǎi hǎo le.

The clothes have been altered to your size.

他不会改剧本。

tā bù​huì gǎi jù​běn.

He won't change the script.

to correct verb
to correct errors or put something right; to break a bad habit

我想改一下这个习惯。

wǒ xiǎng gǎi yī​xià zhè​ge xí​guàn.

I want to change this habit.

Gai
a family name

Cross-References

See

Frequency
Character
Written text
350th most common 625.4 per million
Movie subtitles
520th most common 275.7 per million appears in 73% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
58.5 per million appears in 21% of films
Written text
172.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6539

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)