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biàn

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biàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
biàn | bian4
English translation
to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

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About biàn

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Number of strokes

23

Traditional form

biàn

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To foment rebellion  luán

Etymology of biàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

䜌攵

Explanation

Simplified form of biàn . Phonosemantic compound. zhǐ represents the meaning and luán represents the sound.

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Words with biàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
biàn to change biàn
改变 gǎibiàn to change改變
变成 biàn chéng to change into變成
变化 biànhuà change變化
变得 biàn de to become變得
转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change轉變
变态 biàn tài abnormal變態
变形 biàn xíng deformation變形
变动 biàn dòng to change變動
不变 bù biàn constant不變
病变 bìng biàn lesion病變
变革 biàn gé to transform變革
变更 biàn gēng to change變更
变为 biàn wéi to change into變為
变异 biàn yì variation變異
演变 yǎnbiàn to develop演變
变性 biàn xìng to denature變性
变换 biàn huàn to transform變換
突变 tū biàn mutation突變
变量 biàn liàng variable (math.)變量
变质 biànzhì to degenerate變質
政变 zhèng biàn coup d'état政變
多变 duō biàn fickle多變
变种 biàn zhǒng mutation變種
变迁 biànqiān changes變遷

biàn Decomposition & Compounds

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