变 (變) biàn

1. biàn verb to change; to alter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   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
   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
   Notes: (FE '變' 5; Guoyu '變' n 2)
6. biàn adjective variable; changeable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   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

• 傅立叶变换(傅立葉變換) Fourier transform
• 变阻器(變阻器) rheostat (variable resistor)
• 交变电流(交變電流) alternating current (electricity)
• 等变压线(等變壓線) isallobar (line of equal pressure gradient)
• 气候变化(氣候變化) climate change
• 裂变(裂變) fission
• 灾变论(災變論) catastrophism
• 万物变化(萬物變化) all living things are changing
• 变相(變相) a change in appearance or external form
• 变样(變樣) to change (appearance); to change shape
• 可变渗透性模型(可變滲透性模型) Varying Permeability Model (VPM), (used to calculate decompression schedules in diving)
• 变样儿(變樣兒) to change form
• 大变(大變) huge changes
• 叛变(叛變) to betray
• 变厚(變厚) to thicken
• 裂变材料(裂變材料) fissionable material
• 变换(變換) to transform; to convert
• 聚变武器(聚變武器) fusion-type weapon
• 热核聚变反应(熱核聚變反應) thermonuclear fusion reaction
• 性变态(性變態) sexual perversion; sexual pervert
• 聚变(聚變) fusion ; fusion
• 变压器(變壓器) transformer
• 变奏曲(變奏曲) variation
• 突变(突變) sudden change; mutation
• 变声(變聲) voice change (at puberty); to alter one's voice (deliberately); to sound different (when angry etc)
• 衰变链(衰變鏈) decay chain
• 改变形像(改變形像) transfiguration
• 变魔术(變魔術) to perform magical tricks
• 变通(變通) pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances
• 变数(變數) a variable
• 机变(機變) opportunism ; versatile ; improvisation
• 婚变(婚變) marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc); marriage breakup
• 不变(不變) unchanging; constant
• 变脸(變臉) to turn hostile suddenly ; face changing
• 变态(變態) metamorphosis
• 变电(變電) power transformation
• 变焦镜头(變焦鏡頭) zoom lens
• 交变流电(交變流電) alternating current
• 惨变(慘變) disastrous turn; tragic event
• 穷则思变(窮則思變) poverty gives rise to the desire for change
• 变位(變位) conjugation
• 变化莫测(變化莫測) unpredictable; changeable
• 变速器(變速器) gearbox; gears

Also contained in

连接变调 、 土木之变 、 变文 、 福建事变 、 变音符号 、 戊戌变法 、 联合国气候变化框架公约 、 一二八事变

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 变风 (變風) 而變風變雅作矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — 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
• 变气 (變氣) 地之變氣 — Guanzi 管子, 侈靡第三十五 Chapter 35: Extravagance — 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
• 变风发 (變風發) 故變風發乎情 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 2