變化

See also: 変化 and 变化

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (變化)		變	化
simp. (变化)		变	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ faa³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pien-fa

  (Hailu, HRS): bien^ˇ fa^ˇ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): beng⁴ hua⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-hòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biang³ huê³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pi-ho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànhuà → biànhua (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ → ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànhuå
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-hua⁵
    • Yale: byàn-hwa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann.huah
    • Palladius: бяньхуа (bjanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/ → /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ xu̯ä¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ faa³
    • Yale: bin fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ faː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pien-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: bien fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bian⁴ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯en⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bien^ˇ fa^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /pien¹¹ fa¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: beng⁴ hua⁴ [Phonetic: beng¹ ngua⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: be̍ng-hua̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ŋua⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piernhoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ hua²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biang³ huê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piàng huè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hue²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi-ho
    • MiniDict: pi^去 ho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi-ho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³³ ho⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjenH xwaeH

Rime
Character	變	化
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	彼眷切	呼霸切
Baxter	pjenH	xwaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇnH/	/hˠuaH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛnH/	/hʷᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/piænH/	/xuaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pianH/	/hwaɨH/
Li Rong	/pjɛnH/	/xuaH/
Wang Li	/pĭɛnH/	/xwaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛnH/	/xwaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biàn	huà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin3	faa3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pro[n]-s  qʷʰˤ<r>aj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prons  hŋʷraːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	變	化
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biàn	huà
Middle Chinese	‹ pjenH ›	‹ xwæH ›
Old Chinese	/*pro[n]-s/	/*qʷʰˁ<r>aj-s/
English	change (v.)	transform
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	變	化
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8612	5327
Phonetic component		化
Rime group	元	歌
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	變	化
Old Chinese	/*prons/	/*hŋʷraːls/

Verb

變化

1. (intransitive) to change; to vary

   計劃跟不上變化。 [MSC, trad.]
   计划跟不上变化。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jìhuà gēnbushàng biànhuà. [Pinyin]

   No plan can anticipate every possible change.

   計劃不如變化快。 [MSC, trad.]
   计划不如变化快。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jìhuà bùrú biànhuà kuài. [Pinyin]

   Change happens faster than plans can be made.

   世界上唯一不變的就是變化。 [MSC, trad.]
   世界上唯一不变的就是变化。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìjiè shàng wéiyī bùbiàn de jiùshì biànhuà. [Pinyin]

   The only constant in the world is change.

   在過去幾年裡他的變化很大。 [MSC, trad.]
   在过去几年里他的变化很大。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài guòqù jǐ nián lǐ tā de biànhuà hěn dà. [Pinyin]

   He has changed a lot over the past few years.

   • 天地變化，草木蕃。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天地变化，草木蕃。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Tiāndì biànhuà, cǎomù fán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 改變 / 改变 (gǎibiàn)
• 變 / 变 (biàn)
• 變易 / 变易 (biànyì)
• 變遷 / 变迁 (biànqiān) (of major, long-term changes)
• 變革 / 变革 (biàngé) (chiefly of social systems)
• 轉化 / 转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
• 轉型 / 转型 (zhuǎnxíng)
• 轉移 / 转移 (zhuǎnyí) (of a quality, character, etc.)
• 轉變 / 转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
• 革變 / 革变 (gébiàn) (literary)

Derived terms

• 化學變化 / 化学变化 (huàxué biànhuà)
• 慢速變化球 / 慢速变化球
• 氣候變化 / 气候变化 (qìhòu biànhuà)
• 物理變化 / 物理变化 (wùlǐ biànhuà)
• 病變 / 病变 (bìngbiàn)
• 計劃趕不上變化 / 计划赶不上变化 (jìhuà gǎnbùshàng biànhuà)
• 變化不測 / 变化不测
• 變化多端 / 变化多端 (biànhuàduōduān)
• 變化無常 / 变化无常 (biànhuàwúcháng)
• 變化無方 / 变化无方
• 變化無窮 / 变化无穷
• 變化球 / 变化球
• 變化萬端 / 变化万端
• 變化莫測 / 变化莫测 (biànhuàmòcè)
• 魚龍變化 / 鱼龙变化

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (變化):

• → Japanese: 変(へん)化(か) (henka); 変(へん)化(げ) (henge)
• → Korean: 변화(變化) (byeonhwa)
• → Vietnamese: biến hóa (變化)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 變化 – see the following entry.

【変化へんか】 [noun] change in society, climate, or condition, transformation, variety [noun] variation [noun] declension [noun] (sumo) a step to one side during the tachiai, the initial charge at the start of a sumo match; a sidestep [verb] to change, to vary 【変化へんげ】 [noun] goblin, ghost; an apparition [noun] instantaneous transformation (eg. from a human into a monster) [verb] to transform

(This term, 變化, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
變	化

Noun

變化 • (byeonhwa) (hangeul 변화)

1. hanja form^? of 변화 (“change; variation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
變	化

Verb

變化

1. chữ Hán form of biến hóa (“to transform, to evolve”)