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變化
變化
Chinese
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
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to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform
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| trad. (變化) | 變 | 化 | |
| simp. (变化) | 变 | 化 | |
Verb
變化
Noun
變化
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 變 | 化 |
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へん Hyōgaiji |
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| on'yomi | |
Noun
變化 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 変化, hiragana へんか, romaji henka)
Verb
變化する (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 変化, hiragana へんかする, romaji henka suru)
- to change, to vary
Conjugation
Conjugation of "變化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 變化し | へんかし | henka shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 變化し | へんかし | henka shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 變化する | へんかする | henka suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 變化する | へんかする | henka suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 變化すれ | へんかすれ | henka sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 變化せよ¹ 變化しろ² |
へんかせよ¹ へんかしろ² |
henka seyo¹ henka shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 變化される | へんかされる | henka sareru | |
| Causative | 變化させる 變化さす |
へんかさせる へんかさす |
henka saseru henka sasu |
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| Potential | 變化できる | へんかできる | henka dekiru | |
| Volitional | 變化しよう | へんかしよう | henka shiyō | |
| Negative | 變化しない | へんかしない | henka shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 變化せず | へんかせず | henka sezu | |
| Formal | 變化します | へんかします | henka shimasu | |
| Perfective | 變化した | へんかした | henka shita | |
| Conjunctive | 變化して | へんかして | henka shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 變化すれば | へんかすれば | henka sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bin3 faa3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pien-fa
- Min Nan (POJ): piàn-hòa
- Wu (Wiktionary): pi ho (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ → ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann.huah
- IPA (key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯a̠⁵¹/ → /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ xu̯a̠¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bin3 faa3
- Yale: bin fa
- Cantonese Pinyin: bin3 faa3
- IPA (key): /piːn³³ fɑː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pien-fa
- Hakka Romanization System: bien fa
- Hagfa Pinyim: bian4 fa4
- IPA: /pi̯en⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-hòa
- Tâi-lô: piàn-huà
- Phofsit Daibuun: piernhoax
- IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ hua²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hua⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ hua²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ hua¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ hua²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: pi ho (T2)
- IPA (key): /pi³³ ho⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)