修正案

xiūzhèng'àn

noun #8,831

Measure Word

一项修正案 xiàng

Meanings

1 amendment (to a law, constitution, or bill)

Characters

to repair; to revise

correct; to correct

case; proposal; bill

Revise + correct + proposal — a formal amendment to a law or document.

Examples

国会通过了一项新的修正案。

Guóhuì tōngguò le yī xiàng xīn de xiūzhèng'àn.

Congress passed a new amendment.

这项修正案保护公民的言论自由。

Zhè xiàng xiūzhèng'àn bǎohù gōngmín de yánlùn zìyóu.

This amendment protects citizens' freedom of speech.

宪法修正案需要三分之二的票数才能通过。

Xiànfǎ xiūzhèng'àn xūyào sān fēn zhī èr de piàoshù cáinéng tōngguò.

A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote to pass.

Tips

usage

修正案 is used for formal legislative amendments. 宪法修正案 (constitutional amendment) is the most common collocation. The word 修正 alone means 'to revise/correct' and is used more broadly.

Stroke Order

修 xiū

正 zhèng

案 àn