變身

See also: 变身 and 変身

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (變身)		變	身
simp. (变身)		变	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biànshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biànshen
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: byàn-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannshen
  - Palladius: бяньшэнь (bjanʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ san¹
  - Yale: bin sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

變身

change of one's body into something else (frequently used in fiction and media, as the magical transforming of heroes: Superman, Transformer, etc.)
1. complete change of one's appearance
2. metamorphosis or transformation into something else
body so transformed

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (變身):

→ Japanese: 変身(へんしん) (henshin)
→ Korean: 변신(變身) (byeonsin)
→ Vietnamese: biến thân (變身)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
變	身
へん Hyōgai	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

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

【変身へんしん】

[noun] [from 1060] a transformation of one's appearance

[noun] [from 1060] shapeshifting, a transformation of one's body, particularly of a human into some other creature or form

[noun] [from 1060] an appearance or body so transformed

[interjection] (fiction) Transform!

[verb] to transform one's appearance

[verb] to shapeshift, to transform physically into some other creature or form

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
變	身

Noun

變身 • (byeonsin) (hangeul 변신)

hanja form^? of 변신 (“transformation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
變	身

Noun

變身

chữ Hán form of biến thân (“transformation”)

Verb

變身

chữ Hán form of biến thân (“to transform”)