修正

Chinese

to decorate; to embellish; to repair
to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
 
just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
trad. (修正) 修 正
simp. #(修正) 修 正
alternative forms 脩正

Pronunciation

Verb

修正

  1. to revise; to amend; to correct

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (修正):
  • → Japanese: 修正(しゅうせい) (shūsei)
  • → Korean: 수정(修正) (sujeong)
  • → Vietnamese: tu chính (修正)

Adjective

修正

  1. (archaic) kind-hearted and upright

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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しゅう
Grade: 5 		せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゅうせー [shùúséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨːse̞ː]

Noun

修(しゅう)正(せい) • (shūsei) ←しうせい (siusei)?

  1. revision; correction; amendment; making changes to correct or improve
    • 2015 September 21, Daniel Morales, “When translation gets tough, bow to the ‘Green Goddess’”, in The Japan Times‎[1] (in English), retrieved 11 April 2023:
      [...] you should consider checking against a second dictionary when you go through a process of shūsei (修正, revision) to refine the work you’ve already done.

Verb

修(しゅう)正(せい)する • (shūsei suru) ←しうせい (siusei)?transitive suru (stem 修(しゅう)正(せい)し (shūsei shi), past 修(しゅう)正(せい)した (shūsei shita))

  1. to revise; to correct; to amend; to make changes to correct or improve
    • 2023 April 20, 高良鉄美, quotee, “第211回国会　参議院　外交防衛委員会　第9号　令和5年4月20日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎[2], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 2 January 2026:
      各国の物価水準の差を修正し、より実質的な比較ができるものです。
      Kakkoku no bukka suijun no sa o shūsei shi, yori jisshitsuteki na hikaku ga dekiru mono desu.
      It corrects for differences in price levels between countries, allowing for more realistic comparisons.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "修正する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 修正し しゅうせいし shūsei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 修正し しゅうせいし shūsei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 修正する しゅうせいする shūsei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 修正する しゅうせいする shūsei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 修正すれ しゅうせいすれ shūsei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 修正せよ¹
修正しろ² 		しゅうせいせよ¹
しゅうせいしろ² 		shūsei seyo¹
shūsei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 修正される しゅうせいされる shūsei sareru
Causative 修正させる
修正さす 		しゅうせいさせる
しゅうせいさす 		shūsei saseru
shūsei sasu
Potential 修正できる しゅうせいできる shūsei dekiru
Volitional 修正しよう しゅうせいしよう shūsei shiyō
Negative 修正しない しゅうせいしない shūsei shinai
Negative continuative 修正せず しゅうせいせず shūsei sezu
Formal 修正します しゅうせいします shūsei shimasu
Perfective 修正した しゅうせいした shūsei shita
Conjunctive 修正して しゅうせいして shūsei shite
Hypothetical conditional 修正すれば しゅうせいすれば shūsei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
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Noun

修正 • (sujeong) (hangeul 수정)

  1. hanja form? of 수정 (“modification; amendment”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
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Verb

修正

  1. chữ Hán form of tu chính (“to revise; to amend; to correct”)
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