變幻

See also: 变幻

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	fantasy
trad. (變幻)		變	幻
simp. (变幻)		变	幻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànhuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ waan⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): piàn-hoān / piàn-hoàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): piang³ huang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biànhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biànhuàn
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-huan⁴
  - Yale: byàn-hwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannhuann
  - Palladius: бяньхуань (bjanʹxuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯än⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    變幻 / 变幻
    變換 / 变换
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ waan⁶
  - Yale: bin waahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ waan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ wan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ waːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-hoān
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piernhoan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ huan²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-hoàn
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-huàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piernhoaxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ huan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ huan¹¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ huan²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: piang³ huang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiàng huàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huaŋ²¹³/

Verb

變幻

to change irregularly; to fluctuate

Derived terms

變幻莫測 / 变幻莫测 (biànhuànmòcè)
風雲變幻 / 风云变幻 (fēngyúnbiànhuàn)

Related terms

變換／变换 (biànhuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
變	幻
へん Hyōgai	げん Grade: S
on'yomi

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

【変幻へんげん】

[noun] fluctuation, transformation, metamorphosis, rapid change

[verb] to fluctuate, to transform, to metamorphose

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