改掉

gǎidiào
to correct (a bad habit etc)

CEDICT

to give up; to drop

Wiktionary

除去。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 改 gǎi
  1. to change
  2. to alter
  3. to transform
  4. to correct
2 掉 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

Related entries

匡正 kuāngzhèng
  1. to correct
  2. to amend
  3. to redress (evils)
改正 gǎizhèng
  1. to correct
  2. to amend
  3. to put right
  4. correction

classifier: 個

請改正錯誤。

Please correct the errors.

Source: Tatoeba

更正 gēngzhèng
  1. to correct
  2. to make a correction
拼音文字有助於讓人更正確、更輕鬆地認讀。

A text written with vocalisation helps in reading it more correctly and easily.

Source: Tatoeba

矫 jiǎo
  1. to correct
  2. to rectify
  3. to redress
  4. strong
  5. brave
  6. to pretend
  7. to feign
  8. affectation
矫正 jiǎozhèng
  1. to correct
  2. to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision)
  3. to cure
  4. rectification
  5. correction
  6. to straighten
我是一名牙齒矯正醫師。

I'm an orthodontist.

Source: Tatoeba

矫治 jiǎozhì
  1. to correct (e.g. sight or hearing)
  2. to rectify
  3. to cure
纠正 jiūzhèng
  1. to correct
  2. to make right
請糾正我的發音。

Please correct my pronunciation.

Source: Tatoeba

导正 dǎozhèng
  1. (Tw) to guide sb in the right direction
  2. to correct (behavior etc)
拨正 bōzhèng
  1. to set right
  2. to correct
涂改 túgǎi
  1. to alter (text)
  2. to change by painting over
  3. to correct (with correction fluid)
校正 jiàozhèng
  1. to proofread and correct
  2. to edit and rectify
  3. to correct
  4. to calibrate
批改 pīgǎi
  1. to mark (homework, exam scripts etc)
  2. to correct and criticize (an article)
  3. to check
  4. to correct
  5. a correction (to a piece of writing)
让我们把作文交给老师批改吧。

Let's have our composition corrected by the teacher.

Source: Tatoeba

改 gǎi
  1. to change
  2. to alter
  3. to transform
  4. to correct
我正要改呢。

I was about to change it.

Source: Tatoeba

纠 jiū
  1. to gather together
  2. to investigate
  3. to entangle
  4. to correct
正 zhèng
  1. straight
  2. upright
  3. proper
  4. main
  5. principal
  6. to correct
  7. to rectify
  8. exactly
  9. just (at that time)
  10. right (in that place)
  11. (math.) positive
她正忙。

She's busy.

Source: Tatoeba

挢 jiǎo
  1. to raise
  2. to lift
  3. to pretend
  4. counterfeit
  5. unyielding
  6. variant of 矫 jiǎo
  7. to correct