纠正
jiūzhèng
to correct, to rectify
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 老师及时纠正了我的发音。The teacher promptly corrected my pronunciation.
- 我们要勇于纠正自己的错误。We should be brave enough to correct our own mistakes.
Collocations
纠正错误及时纠正纠正发音纠正态度
Mnemonic
纠 jiū "to set right" + 正 zhèng "correct": to disentangle and set right, i.e. to correct, to rectify. 纠 has the silk radical 纟 (undoing a tangle). 纠正错误 = to correct a mistake. Contrasts with making errors.
Related
改正矫正修正更正
Quick check
What does 纠正错误 mean?