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改版 (gǎi bǎn) — to revise the edition; to update the version (of a publication, software, product, etc.)

Definition

改版 means to revise a published edition or product version (book, software, app, etc.). It is more concrete than 修订, which targets text content and corrections.

verb
to revise the editionto update the version (of a publication, software, product, etc.)

Examples

  • 改版，。
    Zhè ge wǎng zhàn zuì jìn gǎi bǎn le, jiè miàn gèng hǎo kàn le.
    This website was recently redesigned; the interface looks better.
  • 改版。
    Jiào cái měi wǔ nián gǎi bǎn yí cì.
    The textbook is revised every five years.
  • 改版。
    Gōng sī jì huà míng nián duì chǎn pǐn jìn xíng gǎi bǎn.
    The company plans to revise the product next year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

改gǎirevise
版bǎnedition

改 means revise and 版 means edition, so 改版 is the act of revising an edition.

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
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
巳
巳sì改gǎi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

An early form of 改 paired 巳 as a sound part with 攴 as a meaning part; the sound part later changed.

Open 改 →

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
片片piàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn版bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

版 is formed by 片 and 反, with 片 contributing the sense and 反 the sound.

Open 版 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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