變質

See also: 变质

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (變質)		變	質
simp. (变质)		变	质
anagram		質變／质变
Literally: “to change quality”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànzhì, biànzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓˋ, ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ zat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-chit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: byàn-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannjyh
    • Palladius: бяньчжи (bjanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-chih²
    • Yale: byàn-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannjyr
    • Palladius: бяньчжи (bjanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ zat¹
    • Yale: bin jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-chit
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pierncid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sit̚³²/

Verb

變質

1. to go bad; to go off; to deteriorate
2. to become morally corrupted
3. to metamorphose

Related terms

• 變壞／变坏 (biànhuài)