驟變

Chinese

		sudden; suddenly	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (驟變)		驟	變
simp. (骤变)		骤	变

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòubiàn, zòubiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ, ㄗㄡˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau⁶ bin³ / zau⁶ bin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhòubiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhòubiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chou⁴-pien⁴
  - Yale: jòu-byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jowbiann
  - Palladius: чжоубянь (čžoubjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zòubiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zòubiàn
  - Wade–Giles: tsou⁴-pien⁴
  - Yale: dzòu-byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzowbiann
  - Palladius: цзоубянь (czoubjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaau⁶ bin³ / zau⁶ bin³
  - Yale: jaauh bin / jauh bin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau⁶ bin³ / dzau⁶ bin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zao⁶ bin³ / zeo⁶ bin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯²² piːn³³/, /t͡sɐu̯²² piːn³³/

Verb

驟變

to suddenly change; to change abruptly
- 2011, “勾手指尾”, in 曾紀諾 (lyrics), 勾手指尾, performed by 鍾一憲 and 麥貝夷:
  
  珍惜你　欣賞你　世界驟變都抱住你 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  珍惜你　欣赏你　世界骤变都抱住你 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  zan¹ sik¹ nei⁵, jan¹ soeng² nei⁵, sai³ gaai³ zaau⁶ bin³ dou¹ pou⁵ zyu⁶ nei⁵ [Jyutping]
  Cherish you,
  Appreciate you,
  And hold you in my arms in times of upheaval.