變更

See also: 变更 and 変更

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
trad. (變更)		變	更
simp. (变更)		变	更

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàngēng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ gang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-kng / piàn-keng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàngēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàngeng
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-kêng¹
  - Yale: byàn-gēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianngeng
  - Palladius: бяньгэн (bjanʹgɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ gang¹
  - Yale: bin gāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ gang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ geng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ kɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-kng
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-kng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piernk'ngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-keng
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piernkefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: pjenH kaeng

Rime
Character	變	更
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	彼眷切	古行切
Baxter	pjenH	kaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇn^H/	/kˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛn^H/	/kᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/piæn^H/	/kaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pian^H/	/kaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/pjɛn^H/	/kɐŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭɛn^H/	/kɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛn^H/	/kɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biàn	gēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin³	gang¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pro[n]-s kˤraŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*prons kraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	變	更
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biàn	gēng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjen^H ›	‹ kæng ›
Old Chinese	/*pro[n]-s/	/*kˁraŋ/
English	change (v.)	change (v.)
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	更
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	8612	866
Phonetic component		丙
Rime group	元	陽
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	變	庚
Old Chinese	/*prons/	/*kraːŋ/

Verb

變更

(transitive) to change; to alter; to vary; to modify
重大變更／重大变更 ― zhòngdà biàngēng ― major change

雙方經合意變更原契約內容。 [MSC, trad.]
双方经合意变更原契约内容。 [MSC, simp.]
Shuāngfāng jīng héyì biàngēng yuán qìyuē nèiróng. [Pinyin]
Both parties agree to change the content of the original contract.
- 荒淫迷惑，失帝王禮誼，亂漢制度。臣敞等數進諫，不變更，日以益甚，恐危社稷，天下不安。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  荒淫迷惑，失帝王礼谊，乱汉制度。臣敞等数进谏，不变更，日以益甚，恐危社稷，天下不安。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 74 BCE, 楊敞,《奏廢昌邑王》, translated by Burton Watson
  Huāngyín míhuò, shī dìwáng lǐyì, luàn Hàn zhìdù. Chén Chǎng děng shuò jìnjiàn, bù biàngēng, rì yǐ yì shèn, kǒng wēi shèjì, tiānxià bù'ān. [Pinyin]
  He behaves in a reckless and deluded manner, disregarding what is proper and ritually correct for an emperor and throwing into confusion the statutes and regulations of the Han. I, your servant and the others have repeatedly offered admonitions but he does not change his ways; instead he grows worse with each day. We fear that he will endanger the altars of the soil and grain and bring unrest to the empire.

Synonyms

修改 (xiūgǎi)
切換 / 切换 (qiēhuàn)
改動 / 改动 (gǎidòng)
改換 / 改换 (gǎihuàn)
改觀 / 改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
改變 / 改变 (gǎibiàn)
改造 (gǎizào)
更動 / 更动 (gēngdòng)
更換 / 更换 (gēnghuàn)
更改 (gēnggǎi)
游移 (yóuyí)
移 (yí)
移易 (yíyì) (literary)
竄 / 窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds, to revise text)
竄亂 / 窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
變 / 变 (biàn)
變換 / 变换 (biànhuàn)
變易 / 变易 (biànyì)
變變 / 变变 (Hokkien)
變革 / 变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
轉化 / 转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
轉換 / 转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
轉變 / 转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
遷 / 迁 (qiān)
革變 / 革变 (gébiàn) (literary)

Derived terms

國際日期變更線 / 国际日期变更线 (Guójì Rìqī Biàngēng Xiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
變	更
へん Hyōgai	こう Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 變更 – see the following entry.

【変更へんこう】

[noun] a change, alteration

[verb] to modify, alter, change

(This term, 變更, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
變	更

Noun

變更 • (byeon'gyeong) (hangeul 변경)

hanja form^? of 변경 (“alteration”)