變身

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See also: 变身 and 変身

Chinese

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to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
 
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
 
trad. (變身)
simp. (变身)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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變身

  1. change of one's body into something else (frequently used in fiction and media, as the magical transforming of heroes: Superman, Transformer, etc.)
    1. complete change of one's appearance
    2. metamorphosis or transformation into something else
  2. body so transformed

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (變身):
  • Japanese: 変身(へんしん) (henshin)
  • Korean: 변신(變身) (byeonsin)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
へん
Hyōgai
しん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 變身 – see the following entry.
変身へんしん
[noun] [from 1060] a transformation of one's appearance
[noun] [from 1060] shapeshifting, a transformation of one's body, particularly of a human into some other creature or form
[noun] [from 1060] an appearance or body so transformed
[interjection] (fiction) Transform!
[verb] to transform one's appearance
[verb] to shapeshift, to transform physically into some other creature or form
(This term, 變身, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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變身 (byeonsin) (hangeul 변신)

  1. hanja form? of 변신 (transformation)