See also: 変色 and 变色

Chinese

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to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
trad. (變色)
simp. (变色)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (21)
Final () (79) (134)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjenH srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠiᴇnH/ /ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚiɛnH/ /ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/piænH/ /ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pianH/ /ʂik̚/
Li
Rong
/pjɛnH/ /ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li
/pĭɛnH/ /ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ɛnH/ /ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
biàn she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bin3 sik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
biàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjenH › ‹ srik ›
Old
Chinese
/*pro[n]-s/ /*s.rək/
English change (v.) color; countenance

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8612 10989
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*prons/ /*srɯɡ/

Verb

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變⫽色 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to change color; to discolor
  2. to change the facial expression due to anger or fear
  3. (figurative) to change the ideology of a society or a government
    古巴變色古巴变色  ―  Gǔbā biànsè  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    東歐變色东欧变色  ―  Dōng-Ōu biànsè  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
へん
Hyōgai
しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 變色 – see the following entry.
変色へんしょく
[noun] change of color, discoloration
[verb] to change color, to discolor
(This term, 變色, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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變色 (byeonsaek) (hangeul 변색)

  1. hanja form? of 변색