变 (變) biàn

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

• 裂变材料(裂變材料) fissionable material
• 变则(變則) a flexible rule
• 随机变数(隨機變數) a random variable
• 多变(多變) fickle; multifaceted ; multi-variate
• 穷则思变(窮則思變) poverty gives rise to the desire for change
• 善变(善變) fickle; mercurial; changeable; capricious; to be apt to change
• 变数(變數) a variable
• 变位(變位) conjugation
• 意义变化(意義變化) change of meaning
• 流变(流變) to flow and change; development and change (of society)
• 协变量(協變量) covariate
• 变体(變體) a variant
• 突变理论(突變理論) catastrophe theory
• 景气变动(景氣變動) changes in prosperity
• 一成不变(一成不變) nothing much changes; always the same; stuck in a rut
• 变音记号(變音記號) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc)
• 婚变(婚變) marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc); marriage breakup
• 聚变反应(聚變反應) nuclear fusion
• 变产(變產) to sell one's estate
• 变硬(變硬) to stiffen
• 变暗(變暗) to darken
• 陡变(陡變) to change precipitously
• 变换(變換) to transform; to convert
• 变速传动(變速傳動) to change gear
• 变焦距镜头(變焦距鏡頭) zoom lens
• 裂变炸弹(裂變炸彈) fission bomb
• 政变(政變) coup d'état
• 万变不离其宗(萬變不離其宗) many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand
• 变迁(變遷) changes; vicissitudes
• 交变(交變) half-period of a wave motion; alternation
• 链式裂变反应(鏈式裂變反應) chain reaction of nuclear fission
• 癌变(癌變) to become cancerous; transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
• 复变函数论(複變函數論) theory of functions of a complex variable
• 易变质(易變質) perishable
• 音变(音變) sandhi
• 阻抗变换器(阻抗變換器) impedance converter
• 女大十八变(女大十八變) a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood
• 变兵(變兵) rebel soldier
• 变色(變色) to change color; to discolor; to change countenance; to become angry
• 变造(變造) to alter; to modify; to mutilate (of documents)
• 变化莫测(變化莫測) unpredictable; changeable
• 蜕变(蛻變) to transform; to morph; to degenerate; metamorphosis; transmutation; transformation; decay; degeneration
• 变焦环(變焦環) focus ring
• 变道(變道) to change lanes
• 变动(變動) a change; an alteration ; to change

Also contained in

皖南事变 、 九一八事变 、 甲申政变 、 土木堡之变 、 词形变化 、 不完全变化

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 未变 (未變) 志未變也 — Book of Changes 易經, 家人 Jia Ren — 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
• 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
• 变气 (變氣) 地之變氣 — Guanzi 管子, 侈靡第三十五 Chapter 35: Extravagance — count: 3
• 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
• 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
• 变三 (變三) 變三年之葛 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《服問》 Subjects for Questions about the Mourning Dress — count: 2