改变

改變

gǎibiàn

verb HSK 4 #451

Meanings

1 to change
2 to transform

Characters

to change; to correct

to change; to transform

Examples

HSK 1

他不想改变。

Tā bù xiǎng gǎibiàn.

He doesn't want to change.

HSK 3

你改变了我的生活。

Nǐ gǎibiàn le wǒ de shēnghuó.

You changed my life.

HSK 4

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