Correct
更改 vs 更换 vs 更正
/ gēnggǎi vs gēnghuàn vs gēngzhèng /
Strokes
Definition
更改, 更换, and 更正 all are Verbs, which means [change; alter; replace; make corrections].
Example
更正 is used to change or alter the mistakes or improper content in language, resolutions, regulations, etc; to replace the mistaken content with the correct one.
1) In example ① 更正启事 is an idiomatic collocation.
2) In example ② if 更改 is used instead, the meaning of "using the correct one to replace the mistaken one" would be lost, so it is not suitable.
3) In example ③ since it is not stated that 200元 is a mistake, so 更改 can be used instead, but the stress is different.
4) None of the three can use 更换.
2) In example ② if 更改 is used instead, the meaning of "using the correct one to replace the mistaken one" would be lost, so it is not suitable.
3) In example ③ since it is not stated that 200元 is a mistake, so 更改 can be used instead, but the stress is different.
4) None of the three can use 更换.
1
Shàngqī
上期
zázhì
杂志
zhōng
中
yǒu
有
jī
几
chǔ
处
cuòwù
错误
,
zhè
这
qī
期
fà
发
le
了
gēngzhèng
更正
qǐshì
启事
。
There are a few mistakes in the last issue of the magazine and they are corrected in this issue.
2
Wǒ
我
zuótiān
昨天
duì
对
zhígōng
职工
de
的
jiǎnghuà
讲话
,
yǒu
有
yī
一
gè
个
shùzì
数字
shuōcuò
说错
le
了
,
yīnggāi
应该
gēngzhèng
更正
xià
下
。
I'll try to make a correction of the wrong figure in the speech I delivered to the staff yesterday.
3
Yīfu
衣服
dì
地
jiàgé
价格
yīnggāi
应该
cóng
从
èrbǎi
二百
yuán
元
gēngzhèng
更正
wéi
为
yībǎi
一百
yuán
元
。
The price of clothing should be corrected from two hundred yuan to one hundred yuan.
更换 is used to change owing to time or space, with the stress of replacing the old with the new or replacing the suitable with the outdated.
In the examples above, neither of the 更改 and 更正 can be used.
4
Rénmen
人们
àn
按
jìjié
季节
gēnghuàn
更换
yīfu
衣服
。
People change their clothes according to the easons.
5
Zhè
这
zhāng
张
piào
票
de
的
yánsè
颜色
dōu
都
fàhuáng
发黄
le
了
,
gēnghuàn
更换
yī
一
zhāng
张
bā
吧
!
The color of this ticket is yellow, replace it with one!
6
Wǒ
我
gèrgāo
个儿
nǐ
高
gèr
你
ǎi
个儿
zán
矮
,
menliǎ
咱们
gēng
俩
huànyī
更换
xià
一
zuò
下
wèi
座位
,
nǐ
你
zuò
坐
qiánbian
前边
,
hǎo
好
ma
吗
?
I'm taller than you,so would you like to change your seat with me and take a front seat?
7
Zhè
这
yī
一
jiè
届
lǐngdǎobānzi
领导班子
de
的
rènqī
任期
yǐ
已
dào
到
,
rényuán
人员
yào
要
shìdàng
适当
gēnghuàn
更换
。
The term of the leaders is due and some of them will be changed.
8
Zhèzhǒng
这种
kōngqì
空气
qīngxīnqì
清新器
xūyào
需要
dìngqī
定期
gēnghuàn
更换
guòlǜwǎng
过滤网
。
The filter of air refresher should be changed regularly.
更改 is used for an ordinary change, the reason for 更改 can be various, not necessarily a mistake, it also has a wider application.
1) In the examples, the 更换 and 更正 cannot be used.
2) If in example ⑪ 改正 is used instead, it must be due to some mistakes in the plan ⑫.
2) If in example ⑪ 改正 is used instead, it must be due to some mistakes in the plan ⑫.
9
Chūfā
出发
de
的
shíjiān
时间
xūyào
需要
gēnggǎi
更改
yī
一
xià
下
。
The start date need to be changed.
10
Gēnggǎi
更改
míngzi
名字
,
yīnggāi
应该
dào
到
yǒuguān
有关
dānwèi
单位
bàopī
报批
。
You should apply the department concerned for name changing.
11
Zhèxiàng
这项
jìhuà
计划
,
zuō
作
le
了
yīxiē
一些
gēnggǎi
更改
。
Some changes have been made to this plan.
12
Zhèxiàng
这项
jìhuà
计划
,
zuō
作
le
了
yīxiē
一些
gēngzhèng
更正
。
Some corrections have been made to the plan.