千變萬化

See also: 千変万化

Chinese

	thousand	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	ten thousand; a great number; surname	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (千變萬化)	千	變	萬	化
simp. (千变万化)	千	变	万	化
Intercalation of 千萬／千万 (qiānwàn) and 變化／变化 (biànhuà).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānbiànwànhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ bin³ maan⁶ faa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-piàn-bān-hòa
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cienn¹ bienn⁴ uan⁴ fa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānbiànwànhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianbiànwànhuà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-pien⁴-wan⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: chyān-byàn-wàn-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianbiannwannhuah
  - Palladius: цяньбяньваньхуа (cjanʹbjanʹvanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ bin³ maan⁶ faa³
  - Yale: chīn bin maahn fa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ bin³ maan⁶ faa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ bin³ man⁶ fa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ piːn³³ maːn²² faː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-piàn-bān-hòa
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-piàn-bān-huà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienpiernbaxnhoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ ban²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³ piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ban⁴¹⁻²² hua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ ban²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ ban³³⁻¹¹ hua¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ ban³³⁻²¹ hua²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: cienn¹ bienn⁴ uan⁴ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʰi̯ẽ³³ pi̯ẽ⁴⁵ u̯an⁴⁵ ɸa̠⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ³³ pi̯ẽ⁴⁵ u̯an⁴⁵ ɸa̠⁴⁵/

Idiom

千變萬化

an innumerable amount of changes; countless changes

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千變萬化):

→ Japanese: 千変万化(せんぺんばんか) (senpenbanka)
→ Korean: 천변만화(千變萬化) (cheonbyeonmanhwa)
→ Vietnamese: thiên biến vạn hoá (千變萬化)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
千	變	萬	化

Adjective

千變萬化

chữ Hán form of thiên biến vạn hoá (“everchanging”)