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Chinese[edit]
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to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
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sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
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| trad. (變聲)
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變
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聲
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| simp. (变声)
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变
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声
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Pronunciation[edit]
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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變
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聲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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biàn
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shēng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pjenH ›
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‹ syeng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pro[n]-s/
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/*[l̥]eŋ/
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| English
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change (v.)
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sound (n.)
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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變
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聲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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8612
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10514
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Phonetic
component
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殸
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Rime
group
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元
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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變
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聲
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Old
Chinese
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/*prons/
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/*qʰjeŋ/
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變聲
- to experience one's voice breaking (deepening of the voice upon reaching puberty)
- to change voice artificially
- to speak with an altered voice due to being emotional
Synonyms[edit]
- (to experience one's voice breaking): (Hokkien) 轉聲／转声
Derived terms[edit]
