變異

See also: 变异

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	different; unusual; strange
trad. (變異)		變	異
simp. (变异)		变	异

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànyì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ ji⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): piàn-ī

(Teochew, Peng'im): biang³ i⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biànyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biànyì
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: byàn-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannyih
  - Palladius: бяньи (bjanʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    變易 / 变易
    變異 / 变异
    辨義 / 辨义
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ ji⁶
  - Yale: bin yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ jiː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-ī
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-ī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piern'i
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ i²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ i²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ i³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ i³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: biang³ i⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piàng ĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ i³⁵/

Verb

變異 (intransitive)

to vary; to deviate
- 丞相李斯曰：“五帝不相復，三代不相襲，各以治，非其相反，時變異也。” [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  丞相李斯曰：“五帝不相复，三代不相袭，各以治，非其相反，时变异也。” [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Chéngxiàng Lǐ Sī yuē: “Wǔdì bù xiàng fù, sāndài bù xiàng xí, gè yǐ zhì, fēi qí xiàngfǎn, shí biànyì yě.” [Pinyin]
  The chancellor Li Si said: ‘The Five Emperors did not emulate each other nor did the Three Dynasties [i.e., the Xia, Shang, and Zhou] adopt each other's ways, yet all had good government. This is not paradox. It is because the times had changed.’
(biology) to mutate; to undergo mutation