變法

See also: 变法

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (變法)		變	法
simp. (变法)		变	法
Literally: “to change law; to change way”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-fa³
    • Yale: byàn-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannfaa
    • Palladius: бяньфа (bjanʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (變法兒／变法儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànfǎr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànfǎr
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-fa³-ʼrh
    • Yale: byàn-fǎr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannfaal
    • Palladius: бяньфар (bjanʹfar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Erhuayin reading for "to use an unconventional method".

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ faat³
    • Yale: bin faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piernhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huat̚⁵/

Verb

變⫽法 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to undergo administrative change; to undergo political change

   商鞅變法／商鞅变法  ―  Shāng Yāng Biànfǎ  ―  the Reforms of Shang Yang

   • 變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Biànfǎ biàndé rénxīnhuánghuáng, yuànshēngzàidào. Jūrán hái zhǎo rìběnrén dāng gùwèn. Zhè bùshì yǐnlángrùshì, qǐng guǐ lái kāi yàofāng ne? [Pinyin]

     The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?

2. (colloquial) to use an unconventional method; to try a different way

Synonyms

• (to undergo administrative change): (Min Nan) 變步／变步

Derived terms

• 戊戌變法／戊戌变法 (Wùxū Biànfǎ)