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Mandarin gǎi
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尸山人乂
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 gǎi to change / to alter / to transform / to correct
Results beginning with 改
 gǎi biàn to change / to alter / to transform
 gǎi gé reform / CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4] / to reform
 gǎi shàn to make better / to improve / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gǎi zào to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
 gǎi jìn to improve / to make better / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gǎi wéi to change into
 gǎi biān to adapt / to rearrange / to revise
 gǎi zhuāng to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium)
 gǎi zhèng to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gǎi zhì to reorganize / to restructure
 gǎi bǎn to revise the current edition / revised edition
 gǎi míng to change one's name
 gǎi liáng to improve (sth) / to reform (a system)
 gǎi dòng to alter / to modify / to revise
 gǎi jiàn to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
 gǎi xiě to revise / to edit
 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
 gǎi guān change of appearance / to revise one's point of view
 gǎi guò to correct / to fix
 gǎi zǔ to reorganize / to reshuffle (posts etc)
 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])
 gǎi diào to drop a bad habit
 gǎi háng to change profession
 gǎi chēng to change a name / to rename
 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
 gǎi cuò to correct an error
 gǎi xuǎn reelection / to reelect
 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman)
 gǎi dào to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse)
 gǎi pàn to amend a judgment / to overrule the original decision / to commute (a sentence)
 gǎi rì another day / some other day
 gǎi qī to reschedule / to rearrange (e.g. a meeting) / to postpone
 gǎi xíng retrofit(ting)
 gǎi yuán to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
 gǎi zhuī screwdriver / CL:把[ba3]
 gǎi yì to change / to modify
 gǎi huǐ to mend one's ways
  reclassification
 gǎi cháo to transition to a new dynasty
 gǎi dìng to revise (text, plan etc)
稿 gǎi gǎo to revise a manuscript
 gǎi lì (of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)
 gǎi qiān to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
 gǎi shuǐ to improve water quality
 gǎi xìn to convert (to another religion)
 gǎi xué to switch from one major or faculty to another (at a university)
 gǎi yàng to change completely
 gǎi yè to change profession or business
 gǎi yì to correct (improve) a translation
 gǎi yùn to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
 Gǎi zé Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
 gǎi zuǐ to deny / to go back on one's word
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 gǎi gé pài the reformist party
 gǎi gé zhě reformer
 gǎi gé jiā reformer
 gǎi kǒu fèi a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
 Gǎi zé xiàn Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
 gǎi cháo huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime
 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
 gǎi liáng zhǔ yì reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
 gǎi è xiàng shàn turn away from evil and follow virtue
 gǎi guò zì xīn to reform and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
 gǎi huàn mén lu:2 see 改換門庭|改换门庭[gai3 huan4 men2 ting2]
 gǎi huàn mén tíng to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
  retrofit technology
  improved variety
  modified trait
  Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community / Reform Treaty / Treaty of Lisbon
  Director for Change
  rehabilitation of offenders
 gǎi biàn huán jìng site disturbance
 gǎi biàn mù biāo moving the goal posts
 gǎi biàn xíng xiàng transfiguration
 gǎi bō jīng fèi reallocation
 gǎi gé huǒ bàn Partnerships for change
 gǎi gé jìn chéng reform process
 gǎi gé yì chéng Building a New UNDP: Agenda for Change
 gǎi huàn chuán qí reflagging
 gǎi huàn duī xìn core conversion
 gǎi shāng biāo míng rebranding
 gǎi shàn guān xi to improve relations
 gǎi shàn tōng xùn to improve communications
 gǎi tóu huàn miàn a turn-around
  change management
 gǎi biàn xìn yǎng zhě a convert
  altered state of consciousness
  Water Supply Improvement Association
  tilting the military balance
  Union des forces du changement
线  Front uni pour le changement
  Better Parenting Initiative
  soil conditioning
  Forest conversion
 gǎi biàn yóu xì guī zé moving the goal posts
 Gǎi dìng Yī lí Tiáo yuē Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
 gǎi gé guǎn lǐ xiǎo zǔ Change Management Team
 gǎi gé guǎn lǐ zhǔ rèn Director, Change Management
 gǎi gé zī yuán zhǐ nán Change Resource Guide
 gǎi xìng huó shēng wù tǐ living modified organism
  environmental modification techniques
  mind-altering drug
 gǎi gé guǎn lǐ bàn gōng shì Change Management Office
  Programme of Action for the Improvement of Nutrition
  Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques / Environmental Modification Convention
 gǎi liáng fǎ lu:4 guó jì lùn tán Better Law Forum International
  Improved Dispersed Explosive System
  Improved Governance and Accountability Pact
 gǎi jìn dòng wù zhuī chóng bìng fáng zhì Improved Control of Animal Trypanosomiasis
  Improved Tiros Operational Satellite
  Action Programme for Improved Market Access
  International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
  Special Action Programme for Improving Nutrition
  Steering Committee on Reform and Management
  World Programme for the Improvement of Vital Statistics
  Joint Commission on Reform and Participation
  Planning for Better Family Living Programme
  Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative
  Programme for Improving Livelihoods and Urban Settlements
 gǎi zǔ hòu quán qiú huán jìng jī jīn tòng zé Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility
  Guiding Principles for improving the situation of the Roma
  Reforming Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development
  Working Group on the improvement of the work of the Subcommission
  Trust Fund for Management Improvements and Systems Development
  International Programme for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment
 gǎi biàn xiāo fèi mú shì zhèng cè cuò shī jiǎng xí bān Workshop on Policy Measures for Changing Consumption Patterns
 gǎi jìn wù nóng fù rǔ tǒng jì gōng zuò jiǎng xí bān Workshop on Improvement of Statistics on Women in Agriculture
  Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field
  Innovation et Formation pour le Développement et la Paix
  Expert Group on Improving Statistics and Indicators on the Situation of Women
  international work programme on changing production and consumption patterns
  Integrated Programme for the Advancement of Medellín's Underprivileged Districts
  International Seminar to Improve Information on People with Disabilities
  Foundation for the Improvement of Housing Arrangements for Official Foreign Personnel, Inc.
  Framework for Priority Action for Change and Development in Higher Education
 gǎi shàn dá ěr fù ěr rén dào zhǔ yì jú shì yì dìng shū Protocol on the Improvement of the Humanitarian Situation in Darfur
8工  Millennium Project Task Force 8 on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers / Task Force 8 on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers
  Regional Working Group on Improvements in Rural Housing and Community Facitilites
  Group of Experts on improved methods of financing ship acquisition by developing countries
  Committee on Reform of the International Monetary System and Related Issues
  Working Group on Improvement of Data on Small Scale and Household Industries
  Expert Group Meeting on Improvement of Training and Social Welfare Personnel
Approximate Results for 改
 xiū gǎi to amend / to alter / to modify
 gēng gǎi to alter
 zhěng gǎi to reform / to rectify and improve
 cuàn gǎi to tamper with / to falsify
 huǐ gǎi to repent / repentance
 tú gǎi to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid)
 yī gǎi reform of the medical system
 pī gǎi to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing)
 láo gǎi abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp)
 shān gǎi to edit / to modify / to alter (written material)
 tǔ gǎi land reform / same as 土地改革[tu3 di4 gai3 ge2]
 cuàn gǎi to alter / to modify / to change / to tamper
 jī gǎi genetic modification (GM) / abbr. for 基因改造[ji1 yin1 gai3 zao4]
 jīn gǎi financial reform (abbr. for 金融改革[jin1 rong2 gai3 ge2])
 shěn gǎi to check and revise
 zài gǎi to renew / to reform
 zhèng gǎi political reform
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 Fā gǎi wěi abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
稿 xiū gǎi gǎo revised draft / new version (of a document)
 tú gǎi yè correction fluid
 dòu pī gǎi struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
 láo gǎi yíng correctional labor camp
 Mò dǐ gǎi Mordechai (name)
 xiǎo gǎi gǎi (Internet slang) young lady (Cantonese-influenced alternative to 小姐姐[xiao3 jie3 jie5])
 jīn róng gǎi gé financial reform
 lu:3 jiào bù gǎi lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition / incorrigible / unrepentant
 tǔ dì gǎi gé land reform
 tòng gǎi qián fēi completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) / to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character
 zhāo lìng xī gǎi to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
 jī xí nán gǎi old habits are hard to change (idiom)
 láo dòng gǎi zào reeducation through labor / laogai (prison camp)
 sǐ bù gǎi huǐ not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
 yī gǎi gù zhé complete change from the old rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices
 zhāo guò xī gǎi to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways
 zhāo wén xī gǎi lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
  estoppel
  currency redenomination
  clock correction
  timing modification
  procurement reform
  step change
  ballot tampering / vote tampering
  law reform
  ne varietur
  deinstitutionalization
  performance improvement
  prosthetic refitting
 fān rán gǎi tú to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom)
 gǎi liáng tǔ rǎng soil improvement
 hé tòng gǎi gé contractual reform
 jīng jì gǎi gé economic reform
 jī yīn gǎi zào genetic modification (GM)
 jī yīn xiū gǎi genetic modification
 méi dà gǎi biàn not significantly changed
 shí kuàng gǎi liáng quarry reclamation
 wén zì gǎi gé reform of the writing system
 xiàng shàng gǎi xù upward reclassification
 xiàng xià gǎi xù downward reclassification
 yóu mín gǎi zào rehabilitation of displaced persons
 yuán é gǎi xù reclassification of a post / post reclassification
 zhèng zhì gǎi gé political reform
 zhēn pī wèi gǎi primitive state
 zhī cuò néng gǎi to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
 zhī guò gǎi guò to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)
 zōng jiào gǎi gé (Protestant) Reformation
  Management Improvement Office
  Eötvös correction / correction for Eötvös accelerations
  Chinese improved cookstove
  Police Restructuring Directorate
  non-marginal changes
  Forestry Reform Law
  post conversion
  Legislative Reform Division
  Legal Reform Unit
 huán jìng gǎi xìng jì environmental alterant / alterant
 jiē yuè xìng gǎi biàn step change
 pín mín kū gǎi zào slum upgrading
Tumbasson改  Tumbasson Improvement Association
  free-air correction
  Security Reform Plan
  upgradable technology
  non-modified organism
  Change and Reform bloc / Change and Reform
  Education Renewal Strategy
  Agreement on Police Restructuring
  Programme of Administrative Rehabilitation
  public sector reform
  Social Reform Society
  Strategic Transformation Plan
  Movement for Democratic Change
  Penal Reform International
  Neighbourhood Transformation Project
  First Outline of Reform
  Organizational Change Team
  Religious Rehabilitation Group
 ān bǎo bù mén gǎi gé security sector reform
 gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
 huán jìng gǎi zào jī jīn Environmental Transformation Fund
 lì fǎ gǎi gé chàng yì Legislative Reform Initiative
 rén lì zī yuán gǎi gé Human Resource Reform
 Zhōng E2 Gǎi dìng Tiáo yuē Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
-改-改  Avoid-Shift-Improve
  engineered micro-organism
  post reassignment
  Law Reform Commission
  Judicial Reform Commission
  Police Restructuring Commission
使  Special Envoy on United Nations Reform
  market-oriented reforms
  slum improvement / slum rehabilitation
  Slum Upgrading Facility
  UNITA Renovation Committee
  Defence Reform Commission
  Institute for African Alternatives
  Electronic Improvement Services Division
  Education Reform Commission
  Governance Reform Commission
  civil service reform
 ān bǎo bù mén gǎi gé kē Security Sector Reform Section
 ān quán bù mén gǎi gé gǔ Security Sector Reform Unit
 Guó jiā Fā zhǎn Gǎi gé Wěi PRC National Development and Reform Commission
 tǔ rǎng jié gòu gǎi liáng jì soil conditioner
 xíng shì sī fǎ gǎi gé gǔ Criminal Justice Reform Unit
 zuì fàn gǎi zào guó jì nián International year of rehabilitation of offenders
 jiāng shān yì gǎi běn xìng nán yí rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
 jiāng shān yì gǎi bǐng xìng nán yí rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
  Office of Management Coordination and Reforms
  Procurement Reform Implementation Team
  intra-mission retasking / in-flight retasking
  legal reform trust fund (proposed)
  Partnership for Governance Reform
  behaviour change communication strategy
  Administration Efficiency Reform Programme
  Democratic Movement for Change
  Defence Reform Coordination Group
  World Land Reform Conference
  Construction and Alteration Projects Unit
  Digital Image Correction System
 ān bǎo bù mén gǎi gé gù wèn Security Sector Reform Advisor
 cái wù guǎn lǐ gǎi shàn fāng àn Financial Management Improvement Programme
 quán miàn sī fǎ gǎi gé zhàn lu:è Comprehensive Judicial Reform Strategy
 quán qiú gǎi shàn yíng yǎng lián méng Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
 tòng fēng gǎi liáng kēng shì cè suǒ ventilated improved pit latrine / VIP latrine
 zōng hé xì tǒng gǎi liáng xiàng mù Integrated Systems Improvement Project
  National Commission on Police Reform
  Metropolitan Environmental Improvement Project
  land reform and resettlement programme
  Seed Improvement and Development Programme
  Forestry Reform Monitoring Committee
  heavily modified water body
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