變天

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	day; sky; heaven
trad. (變天)		變	天
simp. (变天)		变	天
anagram		天變／天变

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-thian / piàn-thiⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pi-thi; ⁵pi ¹thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biàntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàntian
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: byàn-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntian
    • Palladius: бяньтянь (bjanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ tin¹
    • Yale: bin tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-thian / piàn-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-thian / piàn-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pierntiefn, pierntvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiɛn³³/, /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi-thi; ⁵pi ¹thi
    • MiniDict: pi^去 thi; pi^去 thi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi-thi; ²pi ¹thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³³ tʰi⁴⁴/, /pi⁴⁴  tʰi⁵³/

Verb

變⫽天 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (impersonal) the weather changes

   要變天了！／要变天了！  ―  Yào biàntiān le!  ―  Looks like it's going to rain!

2. (figurative) to undergo a significant political change; to stage a comeback; to restore the reactionary rule

Synonyms

• (to change): (Hokkien, Teochew) 反天; (Teochew) 激雨; (Wu) 天變／天变

Derived terms

• 變天賬／变天账