biến thân

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 變身, composed of 變 (“change”) and 身 (“body”), Japanese 変身 (henshin, “transformation; shapeshifting”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˦ tʰən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥ tʰəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ tʰəŋ˧˧]

Noun

biến thân

  1. (fiction) transformation

Verb

biến thân

  1. (fiction) to transform, to shapeshift
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