变 (變) biàn

1. biàn verb to change; to alter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Change
   Notes: (CCD '变' 1; FE '變' 1; Guoyu '變' v 1; Unihan '變')
2. biàn foreign bian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
   Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
3. biàn verb to become
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Change
   Notes: (CCD '变' 2; FE '變' 3)
4. biàn adjective uncommon
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: (FE '變' 4)
5. biàn noun a misfortune
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Change
   Notes: (FE '變' 5; Guoyu '變' n 2)
6. biàn adjective variable; changeable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Change
   Notes: (FE '變' 5)
7. biàn verb to move; to change position
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '變' v 2)
8. biàn noun turmoil; upheaval; unrest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '變' n 1)
9. biàn noun a plan; a scheme; a power play
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 权术 (Guoyu '變' n 1)
10. biàn adjective strange; weird
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 怪诞 (Guoyu '變' adj)

Contained in

• 骤变(驟變) abrupt change; sudden discontinuity
• 裂变同位素(裂變同位素) fissile isotope
• 变速杆(變速桿) gear lever; stick shift
• 摇身一变(搖身一變) to change shape in a single shake; to take on a new lease of life
• 大变(大變) huge changes
• 变活(變活) to come to life (by magic)
• 变化(變化) to change
• 变把戏(變把戲) to perform magic; to do magic tricks; prestidigitation
• 变数(變數) a variable
• 变更(變更) to change; to alter; to modify
• 变格 declension ; case change (in grammar)
• 变暖(變暖) changing to become warmer
• 权变(權變) to do whatever is expedient
• 变分法(變分法) calculus of variations
• 丕变(丕變) radical change
• 不识时变(不識時變) to show no understanding of the times; cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason
• 四时之变(四時之變) the changes of the four seasons
• 变压器(變壓器) transformer
• 流变能力(流變能力) rheology
• 不变(不變) unchanging; constant
• 穷则思变(窮則思變) poverty gives rise to the desire for change
• 交变电流(交變電流) alternating current (electricity)
• 嬗变(嬗變) to transform; to transmute
• 衍变(衍變) to develop; to evolve
• 矫世变俗(矯世變俗) to correct public morals and reform habits
• 均变论(均變論) uniformitarianism
• 五行变救(五行變救) reverting changes in the five elements
• 热核聚变反应(熱核聚變反應) thermonuclear fusion reaction
• 变通(變通) pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances
• 裂变炸弹(裂變炸彈) fission bomb
• 千变万轸(千變萬軫) constantly changing
• 变质岩(變質岩) metamorphic rock
• 变形虫(變形蟲) amoeba
• 巨变(巨變) great changes
• 变焦镜头(變焦鏡頭) zoom lens
• 傅立叶变换(傅立葉變換) Fourier transform
• 变速器(變速器) gearbox; gears
• 交变流电(交變流電) alternating current
• 不变化词(不變化詞) indeclinable word; uninflected word
• 变奏(變奏) variation
• 灾变论(災變論) catastrophism
• 变奏曲(變奏曲) variation

Also contained in

华北事变 、 可变长度记录 、 维新变法 、 四一二反革命政变 、 卢沟桥事变 、 皖南事变 、 芦沟桥事变 、 连接音变 、 土木堡之变

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• 卷七十 志第二十三 律曆三 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Measures and Calendar 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 54
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 53
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 49
• 卷一百三十一 志第八十四 樂六 Volume 131 Treatises 84: Music 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 46
• 卷七十三 志第二十六 律曆六 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Measures and Calendar 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 46
• 卷二十八下　　　志第十八下　　曆四下 Volume 28b Treatises 21: Calendar 4b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 44
• 卷五十八 新五代史考第一 Volume 58 Examination on the New Five Dynasties : New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 38
• 卷二十九　　　　志第十九　　　曆五 Volume 29 Treatises 22: Calendar 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 37
• 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface Book of Song 宋書 — count: 36
• 卷二百七十二 列傳第一百六十 金國鳳 曹變蛟 劉肇基 Volume 272 Biographies 160: Jin Guofeng, Cao Bianjiao, Liu Zhaoji History of Ming 明史 — count: 35

Collocations

• 时变 (時變) 以察時變 — Book of Changes 易經, 賁 Bi — count: 6
• 变俗 (變俗) 不求變俗 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮下》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 2 — count: 5
• 未变 (未變) 志未變也 — Book of Changes 易經, 家人 Jia Ren — count: 5
• 能变 (能變) 以為能變也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
• 欲变 (欲變) 欲變人之主 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 变气 (變氣) 地之變氣 — Guanzi 管子, 侈靡第三十五 Chapter 35: Extravagance — count: 3
• 变风 (變風) 而變風變雅作矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 化变 (化變) 則君民化變而不自知也 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 3
• 上变 (上變) 上變古易常 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 变人 (變人) 欲變人之主 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2