纂修 (zuǎnxiū): to compile and revise

Meanings

1 to compile and revise
2 to edit (a chronicle, gazetteer, or genealogy)

Characters

纂

Examples

他主持纂修了本县县志。

Tā zhǔchí zuǎnxiū le běn xiàn xiànzhì.

He directed the compilation and revision of the county gazetteer.

家谱由族中长老共同纂修。

Jiāpǔ yóu zúzhōng zhǎnglǎo gòngtóng zuǎnxiū.

The family genealogy was compiled jointly by the clan elders.

Tips

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Formal/literary, almost exclusively for editorial work on chronicles 史 (shǐ), gazetteers 志 (zhì), and genealogies 家谱 (jiāpǔ). For ordinary editing use 编辑 (biānjí).

Stroke Order

纂 zuǎn

修 xiū

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