變體

See also: 变体 and 変体

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (變體)		變	體
simp. (变体)		变	体

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàntǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ tai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biàntǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàntǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tʻi³
    • Yale: byàn-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntii
    • Palladius: бяньти (bjanʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ tai²
    • Yale: bin tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-thé
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pierntea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴¹/

Noun

變體

1. (linguistics) variant (of a character or word)
2. (genetics, virology) variant (of a gene, virus, etc.)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (變體):

• → Japanese: 変体(へんたい) (hentai)
• → Korean: 변체(變體) (byeonche)