Chinese word dictionary

沿革

yán gé · evolution of sth over time; course of development; history

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Word information

Simplified沿革

Traditional沿革

Pinyinyán gé

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

沿yán

to follow a course, to go along

革gé

leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove

How to learn 沿革

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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改革gǎigé

reform; CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]; to reform

沿yán

along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge

革命gémìng

to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]

沿海yánhǎi

coastal

变革biàngé

to transform; to change

革新géxīn

to innovate; innovation