bin3 gang1變更变更
Jyutpingbin3 gang1
Yalebin gāng
Definition
To change, alter, or modify something, especially personal details or computer settings.
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How it's used
This term carries a formal and administrative tone, often appearing in official documents, legal forms, or technical interfaces. It is rarely used in casual conversation to describe personal life changes, where 轉 or 改變 are preferred. Use it when you are dealing with systems, records, or formal procedures.
Examples
Have you changed your password yet?
I want to go and update my contact address.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often use this as a general verb for changing anything, but it sounds unnatural when talking about changing clothes or changing one's mind. For those contexts, use 換 or 改變 instead.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
