改编

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 这部电影改编自一部小说。▶ —
   This film is adapted from a novel.
2. 他把这首民歌改编成钢琴曲。▶ —
   He arranged this folk song into a piano piece.

Collocations

Mnemonic

改 gǎi "to change, revise" + 编 biān "to compile, weave": to revise and recompile, i.e. to adapt, to arrange, to rework. Korean uses the same characters for gae-pyeon (改編), but Chinese 改编 mainly means adapting an original into another form (改编自小说 adapted from a novel) or arranging music. It shares 改 with 改进 (to improve) but differs in meaning. 编 means "to compile, weave" (编辑 to edit).

Related

Quick check

1. What does 改编 mean in 改编自一部小说?

   • adapting an original into another form
   • printing a book
   • deleting content
   • changing the title