更
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- to change or replace
- to experience
- one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
- watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
How often each reading is used
Example sentences
HSK words with 更
- 更加 gèngjiā more (than sth else)
- 更新 gēngxīn to replace the old with new
- 更换 gēnghuàn to replace (a worn-out tire etc)
- 变更 biàngēng to change
- 更是 gèngshì even more (so)
- 更改 gēnggǎi to alter
- 更衣室 gēngyīshì change room; dressing room; locker room
- 更正 gēngzhèng to correct
- 自力更生 zìlìgēngshēng regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)