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(*ㄍㄥˋ [geng4] as adv.; *ㄐㄧㄥ [jing1] ).
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(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.
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]↓.
(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.
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.).