災變

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (災變)		災	變
simp. (灾变)		灾	变

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāibiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ bin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-piàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāibiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaibiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsai¹-pien⁴
    • Yale: dzāi-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaibiann
    • Palladius: цзайбянь (czajbjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi¹ bin³
    • Yale: jōi bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ piːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-piàn
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-piàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'piexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsoj pjenH

Rime
Character	災	變
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	祖才切	彼眷切
Baxter	tsoj	pjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʌi/	/pˠiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səi/	/pᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɒi/	/piænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səj/	/pianH/
Li Rong	/t͡sᴀi/	/pjɛnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sɒi/	/pĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑ̆i/	/pi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zāi	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoi1	bin3

Noun

災變

1. (literary) natural disaster

   • 今國無善政，災變不息。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     今国无善政，灾变不息。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Jīn guó wú shànzhèng, zāibiàn bùxī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 亂兒／乱儿 (luànr) (dialectal)
• 人禍／人祸 (rénhuò) (man-made disaster)
• 劫 (jié) (Buddhism)
• 劫煞 (Hokkien)
• 劫難／劫难 (jiénàn)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 大禍／大祸 (dàhuò) (major catastrophe)
• 大難／大难 (dànàn) (major catastrophe)
• 天災／天灾 (tiānzāi) (natural disaster)
• 央厄 (yāng'è) (literary)
• 奇禍／奇祸 (qíhuò) (literary, unexpected disaster)
• 巨禍／巨祸 (jùhuò) (literary)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘事／惨事 (cǎnshì)
• 慘劇／惨剧 (cǎnjù)
• 慘禍／惨祸 (cǎnhuò) (tragic accident)
• 沙𧐔 (Teochew)
• 浩劫 (hàojié)
• 災／灾 (zāi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 災劫／灾劫 (zāijié) (literary)
• 災厄／灾厄 (zāi'è) (literary)
• 災害／灾害 (zāihài)
• 災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
• 災禍／灾祸 (zāihuò)
• 災難／灾难 (zāinàn)
• 癰疽／痈疽 (yōngjū) (figurative)
• 眚沴 (shěnglì) (literary)
• 禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 禍事／祸事 (huòshì)
• 禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
• 禍息／祸息 (ho⁵ si⁶) (Xiang)
• 禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
• 禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)