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改掉

gǎidiào

to correct (a bad habit etc)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to correct (a bad habit etc)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 改掉 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 改掉 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

你必须改掉这个坏习惯。nǐ bì xū gǎi diào zhè ge huài xí guàn。

You must get rid of that bad habit.

改掉坏习惯是很难的。gǎi diào huài xí guàn shì hěn nán de。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 改掉.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 改掉.

Directly before

  • 必须改掉1

Directly after

  • 改掉坏习惯1
  • 改掉这个1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 改掉

What does 改掉 mean in Chinese?

改掉 (gǎidiào) means to correct (a bad habit etc).

How do you pronounce 改掉?

改掉 is pronounced gǎidiào.

Is 改掉 an HSK word?

改掉 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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