修改稿 (xiū gǎi gǎo) — revised draft, updated version (of a document)

Definition

修改稿 is a noun meaning a 'revised draft' — a document that has been edited based on feedback. Refers to the whole revised version, not individual edits.

noun
revised draftupdated version (of a document)
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 修改稿。
    Qǐng bǎ xiū gǎi gǎo fā dào wǒ de yóu xiāng.
    Please send the revised draft to my email.
  • 修改稿。
    Zhè fèn xiū gǎi gǎo hái xū yào zài xiū gǎi jǐ chù xì jié.
    This revised draft still needs a few more details to be corrected.
  • ，修改稿。
    Gēn jù nín de yì jiàn, wǒ men zhǔn bèi le xīn de xiū gǎi gǎo.
    Based on your feedback, we have prepared a new revised draft.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

修改revise
修xiūrepair改gǎichange
联合Side by side
稿gǎodraft

修改 means revise and 稿 means draft, so the word names a revised draft.

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.

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
禾禾hé
Sound part声符shēngfú
高
高gāo稿
Same sound today

稿 is built from 禾, which carries the meaning, and 高, which supplies the pronunciation.

Open 稿 →

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