改動

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (改動)		改	動
simp. (改动)		改	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎidòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi² dung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái-tǒng / kái-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎidòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎidòng
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-tung⁴
    • Yale: gǎi-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaedonq
    • Palladius: гайдун (gajdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi² dung⁶
    • Yale: gói duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi² dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi² dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: kái-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: kái-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'dong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/

Verb

改動

1. to change; to alter; to modify

   改動房屋格局／改动房屋格局  ―  gǎidòng fángwū géjú  ―  to change the layout of a house

Synonyms

• 修改 (xiūgǎi)
• 切換／切换 (qiēhuàn)
• 改換／改换 (gǎihuàn)
• 改觀／改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
• 改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
• 改造 (gǎizào)
• 更動／更动 (gēngdòng)
• 更換／更换 (gēnghuàn)
• 更改 (gēnggǎi)
• 游移 (yóuyí)
• 移 (yí)
• 移易 (yíyì) (literary)
• 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds, to revise text)
• 竄亂／窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
• 變／变 (biàn)
• 變換／变换 (biànhuàn)
• 變易／变易 (biànyì)
• 變更／变更 (biàngēng)
• 變變／变变 (Hokkien)
• 變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
• 轉化／转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
• 轉換／转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
• 轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
• 遷／迁 (qiān)
• 革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)