HSK 6 · Verbs

更正 gēngzhèng “to correct” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 更正 means

  1. to correct
  2. correction
  3. to make a correction

How to say 更正

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale更gēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale正zhèng4th tone, falling

更正 in a sentence

  1. 这篇报道有一个错误，已经更正了。

    Zhè piān bàodào yǒu yí ge cuòwù, yǐjīng gēngzhèng le.

    There was a mistake in this report, which has been corrected.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请更正表格里的电话号码。

    Qǐng gēngzhèng biǎogé lǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ.

    Please correct the phone number on the form.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 更正 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 更 (gèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
更gēngto change or replace
  • 一one · yī
  • 曰say · yuē
  • 乂to govern · yì
The character 正 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
正zhèngstraight
  • 一one · yī
  • 止stop · zhǐ

Memory aidPicture a foot 止 heading straight for a line 一: straight, correct.

How to write 更正

更 7 strokes · 正 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 更正

Words with 更

更gèng · more更加gèngjiā · even more更新gēngxīn · to update自力更生zìlìgēngshēng · self-reliance

Words with 正

正在zhèngzài · in the process of正常zhèngcháng · regular正确zhèngquè · correct正式zhèngshì · formal真正zhēnzhèng · genuine正好zhènghǎo · just (in time)正zhèng · just (in the middle of doing something)改正gǎizhèng · to correct反正fǎnzhèng · anyway正月zhēngyuè · first month of the lunar year

More words: Common Verbs

干预gānyù · to intervene搁gē · to put割gē · to cut隔离gélí · to isolate跟随gēnsuí · to follow跟踪gēnzōng · to track巩固gǒnggù · to consolidate攻击gōngjī · to attack

FAQs

更正 (gēngzhèng) means “to correct” or “correction”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gēngzhèng: gēng with a 1st tone, then zhèng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 更正 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gengzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 更正 from the suggestions. Typing gengzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
更正 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.