改掉 meaning in English

gǎidiào

to correct (a bad habit etc)

18 strokes

Meaning of 改掉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gǎidiào
  1. to correct (a bad habit etc)

改掉 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ必bì须xū改gǎi掉diào这zhè个ge坏huài习xí惯guàn。
You must get rid of that bad habit.

Stroke order for each character

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改 gǎi · to change · 7 strokes

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掉 diào · to fall · 11 strokes

  1. 1
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 改掉.

改变gǎibiànto change; to alter
修改xiūgǎito amend; to alter
改造gǎizàoto transform; to reform
改进gǎijìnto improve; to make better; improvement
改善gǎishànto make better; to improve
改正gǎizhèngto correct; to amend
改革gǎigéreform; to reform
去掉qùdiàoto get rid of; to exclude
改装gǎizhuāngto change one's costume; to repackage
关掉guāndiàoto switch off; to shut off
忘掉wàngdiàoto forget
丢掉diūdiàoto lose; to throw away

Questions about 改掉

What does 改掉 mean?

改掉 (gǎidiào) means "to correct (a bad habit etc)".

How do you write 改掉?

改掉 is made of 2 characters: 改 (7 strokes), 掉 (11 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.