粵

改goi2成sing4

goi2 sing4inferredgǎi chéng

English

  1. to convert
  2. to turn into (sth else)
  3. to adapt (a story to another medium)

Examples

  • 我三岁的时候把名字从汤姆改成了约翰。

    When I was three years old, my name was changed from Tom to John.

    Tatoeba · Suzumeya_Meiya CC BY

  • 人们热切地寻求更有现代风格的衣服,所以把以前的旗袍改成了适合他们品位的东西。

    People eagerly sought a more modernised style of dress and transformed the old qipao to suit their tastes.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 一些操作系统上有全角字符的文件名会显示为乱码,所以下载时请改成适当的文件名。

    On some OS's you get gibberish for filenames with full-width characters so when downloading please change to a suitable filename.

    Tatoeba · gumblex CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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