變色

See also: 变色

Chinese

 
to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
 
color; dice; look
color; dice; look; appearance
trad. (變色) 變 色
simp. (变色) 变 色

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 變 色
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 仙 (79) 蒸 (134)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 彼眷切 所力切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 變 色
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
biàn sè
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 變 色
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8612 10989
Phonetic
component
色
Rime
group
元 職
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
變 色
Old
Chinese
/*prons/ /*srɯɡ/

Verb

變色 (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、大陸變色 [MSC, trad.]
    古巴变色、大陆变色 [MSC, simp.]
    Gǔbā biànsè, Dàlù biànsè [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this example)
    東歐變色/东欧变色  ―  Dōng-Ōu biànsè  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

  • (Min Nan) 轉色/转色

Derived terms

  • 勃然變色/勃然变色
  • 怫然變色/怫然变色
  • 變色易容/变色易容
  • 變色眼鏡/变色眼镜 (biànsè yǎnjìng)
  • 變色筆/变色笔
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