改变

改變

gǎibiàn

verb HSK 2 #451

Meanings

1 to change
2 to transform

Characters

to change; to correct

to change; to transform

Examples

你改变了我的生活。

Nǐ gǎibiàn le wǒ de shēnghuó.

You changed my life.

他不想改变。

Tā bù xiǎng gǎibiàn.

He doesn't want to change.

科技改变了世界。

Kējì gǎibiàn le shìjiè.

Technology has changed the world.

Tips

usage

改变 is bigger/more significant than 改. 改 = correct/modify, 改变 = transform/fundamentally change.

Stroke Order

改 gǎi

变 biàn