HSK 5 · Work

改革 gǎigé “reform” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 改革 means

  1. reform

Measure word 次 cì or 种 zhǒng · 一次改革 yí cì gǎigé

How to say 改革

  • 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革gé2nd tone, rising

改革 in a sentence

  1. 他提议对教育系统进行改革。

    Tā tíyì duì jiàoyù xìtǒng jìnxíng gǎigé.

    He proposed reforming the education system.

    Sentence #8655644 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他提出改革研究方法的意见。

    Tā tíchū gǎigé yánjiū fāngfǎ de yìjiàn.

    He suggested reforming the research methods.

    Sentence #4717472 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 改革 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 革 (gé) drawn as one shape
革géanimal hide

革 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 改革

改 7 strokes · 革 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 改革

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改良gǎiliáng · to improve

Words with 革

革命gémìng · revolution皮革pígé · leather

More words: Work & Career

贷款dàikuǎn · a loan单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer工人gōngrén · worker工业gōngyè · industry合同hétong · (business) contract

FAQs

改革 (gǎigé) means “reform”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gǎigé: gǎi with a 3rd tone, then gé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 改革 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 次 (cì) or 种 (zhǒng). For example, one reform is 一次改革 (yí cì gǎigé).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaige with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 改革 from the suggestions. Typing gaige into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
改革 is an HSK 5 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.