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修订 (xiū dìng) — to revise; to amend; to update (texts, plans, etc.)

Definition

修订 means to formally revise a published text, document, or plan — implying a complete new edition. 修改 and 修正 are smaller edits; 改版 is reserved for changing a publication's or product's version.

verb
to reviseto amendto update (texts, plans, etc.)

Examples

  • 修订。
    Tā zhèng zài xiū dìng tā de wén zhāng.
    He is revising his article.
  • 修订。
    Zhè ge jì huà xū yào xiū dìng yí xià.
    This plan needs a bit of revision.
  • 修订。
    Bào gào yǐ jīng xiū dìng hǎo le.
    The report has already been revised.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

修xiūrevise
订dìngamend

修 and 订 both mean to revise or amend, giving the sense of correcting a text or plan.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu修xiū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

修 is built from 攸, which gives the sound, and 彡, a set of three strokes that shows the meaning.

Open 修 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 訂; 订 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng訂dìng
Same sound today

The traditional form 訂 combines 言, related to speech, with 丁, which gives the sound; the simplified 订 is a later shorthand.

Open 订 →
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