HSK 6 · Verbs

改良 gǎiliáng “to improve” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 改良 means

  1. to improve
  2. to reform
  3. to improve (sth)
  4. to refine
  5. to reform (a system)

How to say 改良

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale改gǎi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale良liáng2nd tone, rising

改良 in a sentence

  1. 经理打算改良公司的结构。

    Jīnglǐ dǎsuàn gǎiliáng gōngsī de jiégòu.

    The manager plans to improve the company’s structure.

    Sentence #814164 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个新的市场可能改良全部的工业。

    Zhè ge xīn de shìchǎng kěnéng gǎiliáng quánbù de gōngyè.

    This new market may improve the entire industry.

    Sentence #814172 from Tatoeba

  3. 通过遗传修饰，我们可以改良农作物。

    Tōngguò yíchuán xiūshì, wǒmen kěyǐ gǎiliáng nóngzuòwù.

    Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.

    Sentence #814167 from Tatoeba

How 改良 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 改 (gǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
改gǎito change
  • 己self · jǐ
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū
The character 良 (liáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
良liánggood
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 艮stopping · gěn

How to write 改良

改 7 strokes · 良 7 strokes

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改良 (gǎiliáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 改良 (gǎiliáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 改良

Words with 改

改gǎi · to change改变gǎibiàn · to change改进gǎijìn · to improve改善gǎishàn · to make better改正gǎizhèng · to correct修改xiūgǎi · to amend改革gǎigé · reform

Words with 良

良好liánghǎo · good善良shànliáng · good and honest良心liángxīn · conscience

More words: Common Verbs

俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)敷衍fūyǎn · to do something perfunctorily赋予fùyǔ · to give辅助fǔzhù · to assist干扰gānrǎo · to disturb干涉gānshè · to interfere干预gānyù · to intervene搁gē · to put

FAQs

改良 (gǎiliáng) means “to improve” or “to reform”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gǎiliáng: gǎi with a 3rd tone, then liáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 改良 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gailiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 改良 from the suggestions. Typing gailiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
改良 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.