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修正

xiūzhèng

to revise; to correct

A student correcting a line on a chart with a red pencil
Memory picture

Characters in this word

修 xiū

Strokes
9
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
攸 distant, far 彡 hair
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

正 zhèng

Strokes
5
Radical
止 — to stop, to halt
Made of
一 one 止 to stop, to halt
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 研究小组根据最新样本修正了模型,使预测结果更接近实际走势。 Yánjiū xiǎozǔ gēnjù zuìxīn yàngběn xiūzhèng le móxíng, shǐ yùcè jiéguǒ gèng jiējìn shíjì zǒushì. The research team revised the model based on the latest samples, making its predictions closer to the actual trend.
  • 请根据大家的意见修正这份报告。 Qǐng gēnjù dàjiā de yìjiàn xiūzhèng zhè fèn bàogào. Please revise this report according to everyone's suggestions.
  • 发现错误后,他立刻修正了论文里的几个数字。 Fāxiàn cuòwù hòu, tā lìkè xiūzhèng le lùnwén lǐ de jǐ ge shùzì. After spotting the mistake, he immediately corrected several figures in his paper.

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