民變

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (民變)		民	變
simp. (民变)		民	变

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ bin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: min²-pien⁴
    • Yale: mín-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minbiann
    • Palladius: миньбянь (minʹbjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ bin³
    • Yale: màhn bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ piːn³³/

Noun

民變

1. (dated) mass uprising; popular revolt

   • 在外禍、內難、再加天災的壓迫之下，農民廣泛地發動了游擊戰爭、民變、鬧荒等等形態的鬥爭。 [MSC, trad.]
     在外祸、内难、再加天灾的压迫之下，农民广泛地发动了游击战争、民变、闹荒等等形态的斗争。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論反對日本帝國主義的策略》 (On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài wàihuò, nèinàn, zài jiā tiānzāi de yāpò zhīxià, nóngmín guǎngfàn de fādòng le yóujī zhànzhēng, mínbiàn, nàohuāng děngděng xíngtài de dòuzhēng. [Pinyin]

     Harassed by aggression from abroad, by difficulties at home and by natural disasters, the peasants have unleashed widespread struggles in the form of guerrilla warfare, mass uprisings and famine riots.