變遷

See also: 变迁 and 変遷

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	to move; to shift
trad. (變遷)		變	遷
simp. (变迁)		变	迁

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ cin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-chhian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàncian
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-chʻien¹
    • Yale: byàn-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannchian
    • Palladius: бяньцянь (bjanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ cin¹
    • Yale: bin chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-chhian
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-tshian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piernchiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

變遷

1. (intransitive, of major, long-term changes) to change; to transition

Synonyms

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• 改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
• 變／变 (biàn)
• 變化／变化 (biànhuà)
• 變易／变易 (biànyì)
• 變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly of social systems)
• 轉化／转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
• 轉型／转型 (zhuǎnxíng)
• 轉移／转移 (zhuǎnyí) (of a quality, character, etc.)
• 轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
• 革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 氣候變遷／气候变迁 (qìhòu biànqiān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
變	遷
へん Hyōgai	せん Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 變遷 – see the following entry.

【変遷へんせん】 [noun] transition, changes, vicissitudes [verb] to change, to undergo a change

(This term, 變遷, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
變	遷

Noun

變遷 • (byeoncheon) (hangeul 변천)

1. hanja form^? of 변천

Vietnamese

Noun

變遷: Hán Nôm readings: biến thiên