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更正 (gēng zhèng): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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更正 consists of 2 characters.

straight; upright; correct

How to Use 更正 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 更正 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verbwith及时

jí及

shí时

gēng更

zhèng正

neutral

correct promptly

Verb + Object

gēng更

zhèng正

cuò错

wù误

neutral

correct mistakes

Verb + Complementwith过来

gēng更

zhèng正

guò过

lái来

Example Sentences with 更正

lǎo老

shī师

gēng更

zhèng正

le了

wǒ我

de的

zuò做

chū出

gēng更

zhèng正

formalWritten

make a correction

informal

Spoken

correct (it)

cuò错

zì字

。

The teacher corrected my wrong character.

qǐng请

yǔn允

xǔ许

wǒ我

gēng更

zhèng正

yí一

xià下

gāng刚

cái才

fā发

yán言

zhōng中

de的

yí一

gè个

xiǎo小

cuò错

wù误

。

Please allow me to correct a small mistake in my previous statement.

nǐ你

wèi为

shén什

me么

bù不

jí及

shí时

gēng更

zhèng正

zhè这

ge个

míng明

xiǎn显

de的

yǔ语

fǎ法

cuò错

wù误

ne呢

？

Why didn't you correct this obvious grammatical mistake in time?

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qǐng请

gēng更

zhèng正

bào报

gào告

zhōng中

de的

cuò错

wù误

shù数

jù据

。

Please correct the wrong data in the report.

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

gēng更

zhèng正

guò过

zì自

jǐ己

de的

zài在

tí提

jiāo交

zuì最

zhōng终

bǎn版

běn本

qián前

，

wǒ

tā他

jí及

shí时

gēng更

zhèng正

le了

zì自

jǐ己

de的

wǒ我

gāng刚

gāng刚

gēng更

zhèng正

le了

rì日

chéng程

biǎo表

piān偏

jiàn见

，

zhè这

ràng让

rén人

hěn很

shī失

wàng望

。

He has never corrected his own prejudice, which is very disappointing.

我

men们

xū需

yào要

zǐ仔

xì细

gēng更

zhèng正

suǒ所

yǒu有

gé格

shì式

wèn问

tí题

。

Before submitting the final version, we need to carefully correct all formatting issues.

cuò错

wù误

guān观

diǎn点

，

bì避

miǎn免

le了

gèng更

dà大

de的

wù误

huì会

。

He promptly corrected his mistaken viewpoint, avoiding a bigger misunderstanding.

shàng

上

de的

huì会

yì议

shí时

jiān间

，

qǐng请

chá查

kàn看

yí一

xià下

。

I just corrected the meeting time on the schedule, please check it.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 更正.

Words with 更

变更biàn gēng
更加gèng jiā
更换gēng huàn
更改gēng gǎi
更新gēng xīn
更是gèng shì
更衣室gēng yī shì
自力更生zì lì gēng shēng

Words with 正

正在zhèng zàiHSK 2
正好zhèng hǎoHSK 4
正常zhèng chángHSK 4
正式zhèng shìHSK 4
正确zhèng quèHSK 4
真正zhēn zhèngHSK 4
修正xiū zhèng
公正gōng zhèng