"改善" meaning in Chinese

See 改善 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kɔːi̯³⁵ siːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /koi̯³¹ san⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kai⁴²⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹/, /kɔːi̯³⁵ siːn²²/, /koi̯³¹ san⁵⁵/, /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/, /kai⁴²⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/, /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn²²/, /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/, /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/, /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: gǎishàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄍㄞˇ ㄕㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], goi² sin⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kói-san [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kái-siǎn [Hokkien, POJ], kái-siān [Hokkien, POJ], goi² siang⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], gǎishàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], gǎishàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kai³-shan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], gǎi-shàn [Mandarin, Yale], gaeshann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], гайшань [Mandarin, Palladius], gajšanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], gói sihn [Cantonese, Yale], goi² sin⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], goi² xin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kói-san [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], goi^ˋ san [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], goi³ san⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], kái-siǎn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kái-siān [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kaysien [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kói siăng [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 改善
  1. to improve; to better
    Sense id: en-改善-zh-verb-suvBZlZt Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: 健全 (jiànquán), 出息 [colloquial], 前進 (qiánjìn), 前进 (qiánjìn), 完善 (wánshàn), 提升 (tíshēng), 提懸 [Min-Nan], 提悬 [Min-Nan], 提高 (tígāo), 改良 (gǎiliáng), 改進 (gǎijìn), 改进 (gǎijìn), 躍進 (yuèjìn), 跃进 (yuèjìn), 進展 (jìnzhǎn), 进展 (jìnzhǎn), 進步 (jìnbù), 进步 (jìnbù)
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "改善",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'd like to improve my typing speed and accuracy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiǎng gǎishàn wǒ de dǎzì sùdù hé zhǔnquèxìng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我想改善我的打字速度和準確性。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'd like to improve my typing speed and accuracy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiǎng gǎishàn wǒ de dǎzì sùdù hé zhǔnquèxìng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我想改善我的打字速度和准确性。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to improve; to better"
      ],
      "id": "en-改善-zh-verb-suvBZlZt",
      "links": [
        [
          "improve",
          "improve"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "jiànquán",
          "word": "健全"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "出息"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiánjìn",
          "word": "前進"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiánjìn",
          "word": "前进"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wánshàn",
          "word": "完善"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tíshēng",
          "word": "提升"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "提懸"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "提悬"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tígāo",
          "word": "提高"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǎiliáng",
          "word": "改良"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǎijìn",
          "word": "改進"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǎijìn",
          "word": "改进"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuèjìn",
          "word": "躍進"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuèjìn",
          "word": "跃进"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jìnzhǎn",
          "word": "進展"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jìnzhǎn",
          "word": "进展"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jìnbù",
          "word": "進步"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jìnbù",
          "word": "进步"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄞˇ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi² sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kói-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kái-siǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kái-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi² siang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kai³-shan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎi-shàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaeshann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гайшань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gajšanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gói sihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi² sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi² xin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔːi̯³⁵ siːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kói-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi^ˋ san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi³ san⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koi̯³¹ san⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kái-siǎn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kái-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaysien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴²⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kói siăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koi⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔːi̯³⁵ siːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koi̯³¹ san⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴²⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koi⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "改善"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "改善",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 善",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 改",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'd like to improve my typing speed and accuracy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiǎng gǎishàn wǒ de dǎzì sùdù hé zhǔnquèxìng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我想改善我的打字速度和準確性。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'd like to improve my typing speed and accuracy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiǎng gǎishàn wǒ de dǎzì sùdù hé zhǔnquèxìng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我想改善我的打字速度和准确性。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to improve; to better"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improve",
          "improve"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄞˇ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi² sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kói-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kái-siǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kái-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi² siang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kai³-shan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎi-shàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaeshann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гайшань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gajšanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gói sihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi² sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi² xin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔːi̯³⁵ siːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kói-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi^ˋ san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi³ san⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koi̯³¹ san⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kái-siǎn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kái-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaysien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴²⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kói siăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koi⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔːi̯³⁵ siːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koi̯³¹ san⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴²⁻²⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koi⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiànquán",
      "word": "健全"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "出息"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánjìn",
      "word": "前進"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánjìn",
      "word": "前进"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wánshàn",
      "word": "完善"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tíshēng",
      "word": "提升"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "提懸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "提悬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tígāo",
      "word": "提高"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎiliáng",
      "word": "改良"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎijìn",
      "word": "改進"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎijìn",
      "word": "改进"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuèjìn",
      "word": "躍進"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuèjìn",
      "word": "跃进"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìnzhǎn",
      "word": "進展"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìnzhǎn",
      "word": "进展"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìnbù",
      "word": "進步"
    },
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      "roman": "jìnbù",
      "word": "进步"
    }
  ],
  "word": "改善"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 改善 meaning in Chinese (4.7kB)

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