變節

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (變節)		變	節
simp. (变节)		变	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ zit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pien-chiet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànjié
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-chieh²
    • Yale: byàn-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannjye
    • Palladius: бяньцзе (bjanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ zit³
    • Yale: bin jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ t͡siːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pien-chiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: bien jied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bian⁴ jiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯en⁵⁵ t͡si̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piernciad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɛt̚³²/

Verb

變⫽節 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to defect; to betray; to change sides politically or religiously

Synonyms

• 出賣／出卖 (chūmài)
• 反逆 (fǎnnì)
• 叛逆 (pànnì)
• 背叛 (bèipàn)
• 貳／贰 (èr) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 變節者／变节者 (biànjiézhě)