更 gèng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
更正
gēngzhèng
to correct; to amend
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Example phrases
- 报告发布后，研究团队立即更正了统计口径，并向公众说明误差来源。 Bàogào fābù hòu, yánjiū tuánduì lìjí gēngzhèng le tǒngjì kǒujìng, bìng xiàng gōngzhòng shuōmíng wùchā láiyuán. After the report was released, the research team immediately corrected the statistical criteria and explained the source of the error to the public.
- 报纸第二天更正了前一天的错误消息。 Bàozhǐ dì èr tiān gēngzhèng le qián yì tiān de cuòwù xiāoxi. The next day the newspaper corrected the wrong report from the day before.
- 他发现自己说错了名字，马上更正了。 Tā fāxiàn zìjǐ shuō cuò le míngzi, mǎshàng gēngzhèng le. He realised he had said the wrong name and corrected himself at once.
Related words
- 更 gèng more; even more
- 更加 gèngjiā even more
- 更换 gēnghuàn to replace; to change
- 更新 gēngxīn to update
- 变更 biàngēng to change; to alter; change
- 更改 gēnggǎi to change; to alter
- 更衣室 gēngyīshì changing room; dressing room
- 自力更生 zìlìgēngshēng to rely on one’s own efforts; self-reliance
- 正 zhèng just, right; exactly
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing
- 真正 zhēnzhèng real; true
- 正常 zhèngcháng normal