YellowBridge Chinese Language & Culture
Chinese Language Center

Learn Mandarin Mandarin-English Dictionary & Thesaurus

改造
gǎizào
Main
English Definitionto transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold
Simplified Script改造
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyingǎizào
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄍㄞˇ ㄗㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)goi2zou6
Part of Speech(动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=3 TOCFL=6
Word Decomposition
gǎito change; to alter; to transform; to correct
zàoto make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; measure word for crops

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
改变gǎibiànto change; to alter; to transform
改善gǎishànto make better; to improve
改进gǎijìnto improve; to make better
改天gǎitiānanother day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check
改革gǎigéreform; to reform
Words With Same Tail Word    
创造chuàngzàoto create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
制造zhìzàoto manufacture; to make
构造gòuzàostructure; composition; tectonic (geology)
建造jiànzàoto construct; to build
营造yíngzàoto build (housing); to construct; to make
Derived Words or Phrases    
Sign-in
Similar-sounding Words    
Sign-in
Wildcard: Use * as placeholder for 0 or more
Chinese characters or pinyin syllables