改掉

gǎidiào

verb #14,102

Meanings

1 to get rid of (a bad habit)
2 to correct
3 to kick (a habit)

Characters

to change; to correct

away; off (result complement)

Examples

他终于改掉了抽烟的坏习惯。

Tā zhōngyú gǎidiào le chōuyān de huài xíguàn.

He finally kicked his smoking habit.

这个毛病一定要改掉。

Zhège máobing yīdìng yào gǎidiào.

This bad habit must be corrected.

Tips

grammar

The 掉 (diào) here is a result complement meaning 'away/off', indicating the action of 改 (change) is completed and the thing is gone.

Stroke Order

改 gǎi

掉 diào