00161 Chinese character of 變 and pronounce bin3

The Chinese character【變】that I will teach you this time is a word that describes an action or a state. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Change or variation. Explanation: (1) Change. Such as: “change”, “alteration”, “evolution”, “ever-changing”, “unchanging”. (2)Sudden incidents. Such as: “military mutiny”, “September 18th Incident”. (3) Methods of coping with emergencies. Such as: “flexibility”, “adaptability”. (4) Changing or varying. Such as: “variable”, “abnormal”.

You can refer to this for the pronunciation of the mentioned Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【變】:biàn

Cantonese Jyutping of 【變】:bin3

Here is an explanation of the primary details of the Chinese character 【變】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【變】, for example:Describe an action or state , It means primarily to change or vary.The elaborate meanings of Chinese characters allow for specialized applications that might not be fully expressed here.

【變】stands alone as a word, yet when paired with others, it leads to complex linguistic structures, for instance【變化、改變】(Mandarin Pinyin:biàn huà 、gǎi biàn/ Cantonese Jyutping:bin3 faa3 、goi2 bin3)

Writing this character requires 23 strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,This sentence highlights one way to use this character.:


天氣突然變得陰暗起來。

The weather suddenly turned gloomy.


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