變體

See also: 变体 and 変体

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (變體)		變	體
simp. (变体)		变	体

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàntǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ tai²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-thé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàntǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàntǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tʻi³
  - Yale: byàn-tǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntii
  - Palladius: бяньти (bjanʹti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ tai²
  - Yale: bin tái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ tai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ tei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-thé
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pierntea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴¹/

Noun

變體

(linguistics) variant (of a character or word)
(genetics, virology) variant (of a gene, virus, etc.)

Derived terms

變體假名 / 变体假名 (biàntǐ jiǎmíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (變體):

→ Japanese: 変体(へんたい) (hentai)
→ Korean: 변체(變體) (byeonche)