變色

See also: 变色

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (變色)		變	色
simp. (变色)		变	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pien-set
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-sek / piàn-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànsè
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: byàn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannseh
    • Palladius: бяньсэ (bjanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ sik¹
    • Yale: bin sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pien-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: bien sed^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bian⁴ sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯en⁵⁵ set̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-sek
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piernseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-siak
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piernsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjenH srik

Rime
Character	變	色
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼眷切	所力切
Baxter	pjenH	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇnH/	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛnH/	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piænH/	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pianH/	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/pjɛnH/	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/pĭɛnH/	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛnH/	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biàn	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin3	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pro[n]-s  s.rək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prons  srɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	變	色
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biàn	sè
Middle Chinese	‹ pjenH ›	‹ srik ›
Old Chinese	/*pro[n]-s/	/*s.rək/
English	change (v.)	color; countenance
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	變	色
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8612	10989
Phonetic component		色
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	變	色
Old Chinese	/*prons/	/*srɯɡ/

Verb

變色 (intransitive)

1. to change color; to discolor
2. to change the facial expression due to anger or fear
3. (figurative) to change the ideology of a society or a government

   古巴變色、大陸變色 [MSC, trad.]
   古巴变色、大陆变色 [MSC, simp.]

   Gǔbā biànsè, Dàlù biànsè [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   東歐變色／东欧变色  ―  Dōng-Ōu biànsè  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 近半個世紀以來，我們遭受無數的內憂外患，變亂相乘，故我中華民族，一直在重重憂患之中，接受嚴酷的考驗，尤其大陸變色，浩劫空前，政府遷臺，創鉅痛深！ [MSC, trad.]
     近半个世纪以来，我们遭受无数的内忧外患，变乱相乘，故我中华民族，一直在重重忧患之中，接受严酷的考验，尤其大陆变色，浩劫空前，政府迁台，创巨痛深！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1964 March 29, Chiang Kai-shek, 《中華民國五十三年青年節告全國青年書》

     Jìn bànge shìjì yǐlái, wǒmen zāoshòu wúshù de nèiyōuwàihuàn, biànluàn xiàngchéng, gù wǒ Zhōnghuá Mínzú, yīzhí zài zhòngzhòng yōuhuàn zhīzhōng, jiēshòu yánkù de kǎoyàn, yóuqí Dàlù biànsè, hàojié kōngqián, zhèngfǔ qiān Tái, chuàngjùtòngshēn! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 轉色／转色