| 更 | 476B15 31.82 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄍㄥ [geng1] (*ㄍㄥˋ [geng4] as adv.; *ㄐㄧㄥ [jing1] ). | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) (Also *[jing1]) one of the five watches on a night: 三更半夜 about midnight; 更深夜漏 in the dead of night; 雞鳴五更 day break, dawn (lit., “when the cock crows at the last night watch”); 五更雞 chicken simmered for a whole night. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To change, alter, modify: 更改，更動，更換 [geng1gai3], [geng1dong4], [geng1huan0]↓; 變更 make changes in; 改弦更張 introduce reforms. (2) Rotate, take turns at: 更番 [geng1fan1], 更代 [geng1dai4]↓. (3) Revise, correct, amend: 更正 [geng1zheng4], 更訂 [geng1ding4]. (4) To experience: 更事 [geng1shi4]↓. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) (*[geng4]) Once more, over again, still further: 更上一層樓 go up a storey still higher. (2) To a higher degree: vern. oft. 更加 [geng4jia1]↓; 更多 more; 更好 much better; 更難 more difficult; 更苦 more bitter or harder; 更使我為難 embarrass me so much the more; 更叫人不知如何是好 place one in an impossible fix. | |||||
| Words | 1. 更代 [geng1dai4], v.t., replace (s.o.) with another, take turns. 2. 更迭 [geng1die2], adv., in succession. 3. 更訂 [geng1ding4], v.t., revise (books, etc.). 4. 更端 [geng1duan1], n., new beginning. 5. 更動 [geng1dong4], v.t., modify, change (personnel, post, texts, etc.). 6. 更番 [geng1fan1], v.i., be assigned to duties by rotation. 7. 更夫 [geng1fu1], n., a night watchman. 8. 更改 [geng1gai3], v.t., alter, change (dress, plans, etc.). 9. 更鼓 [geng1gu3], n., a night watchman's drum or clapper. 10. 更換 [geng1huan0], v.t., replace, substitute, change (dress, position, regulations, etc.). 11. 更張 [geng1zhang1], v.t., as in 改絃更張 to reform (lit., restring musical instrument). 12. 更正 [geng1zheng4], v.t., make corrections: 來函更正 letter to a newspaper editor to correct an inaccurate report. 13. 更加 *[geng4jia1], adv., as in 更加厲害 still worse; 更加可憐 still more pitiful. 14. 更漏 [geng1lou4], n., hourglass, a device for measuring time of the night watches. 15. 更樓 [geng1lou2], n., a watch tower. 16. 更名 [geng1ming2], phr., to change one's name. 17. 更深 [geng1shen1], adv., late at night: 更深人靜 all is quiet in the dead of night. 18. 更生 [geng1sheng1], v.t., as in 自力更生 put forth new life by one's efforts. 19. 更新 [geng1xin1], v.t. & n., renew, -al, renovate, -tion: 一元復始，萬象更新 with the beginning of another year, everything is fresh again; 更新設備 (of industrial plants) renovate equipment and facilities. 20. 更戍 [geng1shu4], v.t., transfer garrison forces. 21. 更事 [geng1shi4], v.i., have experience of, be experienced: 少不更事 too young and inexperienced; 更事未多 with little experience in practical affairs. 22. 更始 [gen1shi3], v.i., begin a new page: 與民更始 (pledge to) give the people a new deal. 23. 更替 [geng1ti4], v.i. & t., to substitute, to change. 24. 更頭 [geng1tou2], n., the time of a night watch; 五更頭 at the fifth watch. 25. 更次 [geng1ci4], n., as in 一個更次 a night watch (＝[tou2]↑). 26. 更卒 [geng1zu2], n., troops assigned to garrison duties by turns. 27. 更衣 [geng1yi1], phr., to change dress. 28. 更易 [geng1yi4], v.t., alter, change (plans, etc.). | |||||