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Chinese

 
to change; more; even more
to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
 new; newly; meso- (chem.)
trad. (更新) 更 新
simp. #(更新) 更 新

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 更 新
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 古行切 息鄰切
Baxter kaeng sin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠæŋ/ /siɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚaŋ/ /sin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kaŋ/ /sjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kaɨjŋ/ /sin/
Li
Rong 		/kɐŋ/ /siĕn/
Wang
Li 		/kɐŋ/ /sĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kɐŋ/ /si̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gēng xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gang1 san1

Verb

更新

  1. to update; to replace; to renew; to refresh
    更新博客  ―  gēngxīn bókè  ―  to update a blog
    不斷更新／不断更新  ―  bùduàn gēngxīn  ―  constantly updated
    更新設備／更新设备  ―  gēngxīn shèbèi  ―  to replace equipment
    更新知識／更新知识  ―  gēngxīn zhīshi  ―  to renew one's knowledge
    更新網頁／更新网页  ―  gēngxīn wǎngyè  ―  to refresh a webpage
  2. to grow again; to rejuvenate (a forest)
  3. (theology) to renew; to regenerate

Synonyms

  • (to update): (literary) 鼎新 (dǐngxīn)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (更新):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
更 新
こう
Grade: S 		しん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

更(こう)新(しん) • (kōshin) ←かうしん (kausin)?

  1. renewal; update
    更(こう)新(しん)履(り)歴(れき)
    kōshin rireki
    update history / changelog

Verb

更(こう)新(しん)する • (kōshin suru) ←かうしん (kausin)?suru (stem 更(こう)新(しん)し (kōshin shi), past 更(こう)新(しん)した (kōshin shita))

  1. to renew; to update

Conjugation

Conjugation of "更新する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 更新し こうしんし kōshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 更新し こうしんし kōshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 更新する こうしんする kōshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 更新する こうしんする kōshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 更新すれ こうしんすれ kōshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 更新せよ¹
更新しろ² 		こうしんせよ¹
こうしんしろ² 		kōshin seyo¹
kōshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 更新される こうしんされる kōshin sareru
Causative 更新させる
更新さす 		こうしんさせる
こうしんさす 		kōshin saseru
kōshin sasu
Potential 更新できる こうしんできる kōshin dekiru
Volitional 更新しよう こうしんしよう kōshin shiyō
Negative 更新しない こうしんしない kōshin shinai
Negative continuative 更新せず こうしんせず kōshin sezu
Formal 更新します こうしんします kōshin shimasu
Perfective 更新した こうしんした kōshin shita
Conjunctive 更新して こうしんして kōshin shite
Hypothetical conditional 更新すれば こうしんすれば kōshin sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
更新

Noun

更新 • (gaengsin) (hangeul 갱신)

  1. Hanja form? of 갱신 (“renewal (of the timeline of a contract; of an expiration date); update; refresh”).

Noun

更新 • (gyeongsin) (hangeul 경신)

  1. Hanja form? of 경신 (“breaking a record; setting a new record; renewal (of a record); renovation”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
更新

Verb

更新

  1. chữ Hán form of canh tân.
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