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HSK
to change into / to turn into / to become
HSK 2
to change / to alter / to transform
HSK 2
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  *变* | 变* | *变
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
HSK 2
(intransitive) to change; to vary / change; variation (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to change into
HSK 3
to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation
HSK 5
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
to change / to alter / to modify
HSK 6
to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation
HSK 6
variation
HSK 7-9
changes / vicissitudes
HSK 7-9
to transform / to change
HSK 7-9
to develop; to evolve
HSK 7-9
to change unpredictably / unpredictable / erratic / treacherous
HSK 7-9
to degenerate; to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad; to go off / (geology) metamorphism
HSK 7-9
countless changes / constant permutation
HSK 7-9
(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
HSK 7-9
mutiny / rebellion
HSK 7-9
to do whatever is expedient
variable (math.)
to perform magic / to do magic tricks / prestidigitation
missense mutation
fickle / mercurial / changeable / capricious / to be apt to change
to change clothes / to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay / to cross-dress
perishable
pathological changes / lesion / diseased (kidney, cornea etc)
to become moldy
coup d'état
adaptability; resourcefulness
rheostat (variable resistor)
to become
to get worse / to degenerate
function of a complex variable (math.)
distortion / aberration
incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)
to flow and change / development and change (of society)
to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration
(biology) a mutation; a variety / a variant; a variety
(music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)
to become cancerous / transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
process of change
quantitative change
to metamorphose (biology) / abnormal / perverted / hentai / (slang) pervert
qualitative change / fundamental change
great changes
to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed
to defect / to betray / to mutiny
sexual perversion / sexual pervert
catastrophe / cataclysmic change
variable star
to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes
variable
(transformer) substation
gradual change / (graphic design) gradient
power transformation
to change dramatically / radical change
variation (music)
(literary) to evolve; to change / (physics) transmutation
(math.) independent variable
changing circumstances / turbulent situation
to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change
voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
deformation; bending
in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
to appraise at the current rate
to change (appearance) / to change shape
to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb
to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry
variation
marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup
variable factor; uncertainties / (math.) a variable
creep (materials science)
(physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
fickle / (math.) multivariate
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
changeable situation (idiom)
mutant / mutant strain (of virus)
to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify
to change suddenly; to change abruptly
shear (physics)
to sell off (one's property)
uniformitarianism
sudden change / mutation
to change irregularly / to fluctuate
many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
in disguised form / covert
mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
changeable / changing / varied / full of changes
radioactive decay
(physics) to undergo fusion
to darken
to develop / to evolve
phonetic change
to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method
(idiom) changeable; fickle
to remain calm in the face of events (idiom)

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