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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
变 biàn	变 \| 变* \| *变	to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion	變


改变 gǎibiàn	改变 \| 改变* \| *改变	to change / to alter / to transform	改變 HSK 4


不变 bùbiàn	不变 \| 不变* \| *不变	constant / unvarying / (math.) invariant	不變


转变 zhuǎnbiàn	转变 \| 转变* \| *转变	to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個｜个	轉變 HSK 5


演变 yǎnbiàn	演变 \| 演变* \| *演变	to develop / to evolve / development / evolution	演變 HSK 6


病变 bìngbiàn	病变 \| 病变* \| *病变	pathological changes / lesion / diseased (kidney, cornea etc)	病變


多变 duōbiàn	多变 \| 多变* \| *多变	fickle / multi-variate (math.)	多變


可变 kěbiàn	可变 \| 可变* \| *可变	variable	可變


突变 tūbiàn	突变 \| 突变* \| *突变	sudden change / mutation	突變


逆变 nìbiàn	逆变 \| 逆变* \| *逆变	reversing (e.g. electric current)	逆變


渐变 jiànbiàn	渐变 \| 渐变* \| *渐变	gradual change	漸變


蜕变 tuìbiàn	蜕变 \| 蜕变* \| *蜕变	to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration	蛻變


应变 yìngbiàn	应变 \| 应变* \| *应变	to meet a contingency / to adapt oneself to changes	應變


事变 shìbiàn	事变 \| 事变* \| *事变	incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)	事變


巨变 jùbiàn	巨变 \| 巨变* \| *巨变	great changes	巨變


大变 dàbiàn	大变 \| 大变* \| *大变	huge changes	大變


裂变 lièbiàn	裂变 \| 裂变* \| *裂变	fission	裂變


政变 zhèngbiàn	政变 \| 政变* \| *政变	coup d'état	政變


流变 liúbiàn	流变 \| 流变* \| *流变	to flow and change / development and change (of society)	流變


基因突变 jīyīntūbiàn	基因突变 \| 基因突变* \| *基因突变	genetic mutation	基因突變


质变 zhìbiàn	质变 \| 质变* \| *质变	qualitative change / fundamental change	質變


叛变 pànbiàn	叛变 \| 叛变* \| *叛变	to defect / to betray / to mutiny	叛變


癌变 áibiàn	癌变 \| 癌变* \| *癌变	to become cancerous / transformation to malignancy (of body cells)	癌變


一成不变 yīchéngbùbiàn	一成不变 \| 一成不变* \| *一成不变	nothing much changes (idiom); always the same / stuck in a rut	一成不變


畸变 jībiàn	畸变 \| 畸变* \| *畸变	distortion / aberration	畸變


聚变 jùbiàn	聚变 \| 聚变* \| *聚变	fusion (physics)	聚變


七七事变 Qī Qī Shìbiàn	七七事变 \| 七七事变* \| *七七事变	Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭｜抗日战争	七七事變


瞬息万变 shùnxīwànbiàn	瞬息万变 \| 瞬息万变* \| *瞬息万变	in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change	瞬息萬變


摇身一变 yáoshēnyībiàn	摇身一变 \| 摇身一变* \| *摇身一变	to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life	搖身一變


形变 xíngbiàn	形变 \| 形变* \| *形变	deformation / bending	形變


灾变 zāibiàn	灾变 \| 灾变* \| *灾变	catastrophe / cataclysmic change	災變


交变 jiāobiàn	交变 \| 交变* \| *交变	half-period of a wave motion / alternation	交變


量变 liàngbiàn	量变 \| 量变* \| *量变	quantitative change	量變


蠕变 rúbiàn	蠕变 \| 蠕变* \| *蠕变	creep (materials science)	蠕變


善变 shànbiàn	善变 \| 善变* \| *善变	fickle / mercurial / changeable / capricious / to be apt to change	善變


机变 jībiàn	机变 \| 机变* \| *机变	improvisation / flexible / adaptable / pragmatic	機變


剧变 jùbiàn	剧变 \| 剧变* \| *剧变	fast change of scene	劇變


随机应变 suíjīyìngbiàn	随机应变 \| 随机应变* \| *随机应变	to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic	隨機應變


婚变 hūnbiàn	婚变 \| 婚变* \| *婚变	marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup	婚變


嬗变 shànbiàn	嬗变 \| 嬗变* \| *嬗变	transmutation	嬗變


复变 fùbiàn	复变 \| 复变* \| *复变	(math.) complex variable	複變


西安事变 Xī'ān Shìbiàn	西安事变 \| 西安事变* \| *西安事变	Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石｜蒋介石)	西安事變


九一八事变 Jiǔ Yībā Shìbiàn	九一八事变 \| 九一八事变* \| *九一八事变	the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變｜柳条沟事变	九一八事變


拒腐防变 jùfǔfángbiàn	拒腐防变 \| 拒腐防变* \| *拒腐防变	to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration	拒腐防變


衰变 shuāibiàn	衰变 \| 衰变* \| *衰变	radioactive decay	衰變


兵变 bīngbiàn	兵变 \| 兵变* \| *兵变	mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army	兵變


易变 yìbiàn	易变 \| 易变* \| *易变	mutable / volatile / variable	易變


核聚变 héjùbiàn	核聚变 \| 核聚变* \| *核聚变	nuclear fusion	核聚變


军事政变 jūnshìzhèngbiàn	军事政变 \| 军事政变* \| *军事政变	military coup	軍事政變


识时通变 shíshítōngbiàn	识时通变 \| 识时通变* \| *识时通变	understanding and adaptable	識時通變


骤变 zhòubiàn	骤变 \| 骤变* \| *骤变	abrupt change / sudden discontinuity	驟變


可裂变 kělièbiàn	可裂变 \| 可裂变* \| *可裂变	fissile	可裂變


陡变 dǒubiàn	陡变 \| 陡变* \| *陡变	to change precipitously	陡變


切变 qiēbiàn	切变 \| 切变* \| *切变	shear (physics)	切變


核裂变 hélièbiàn	核裂变 \| 核裂变* \| *核裂变	atomic fission / nuclear fission / fission	核裂變


亘古不变 gèngǔbùbiàn	亘古不变 \| 亘古不变* \| *亘古不变	unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous	亙古不變


实变 shíbiàn	实变 \| 实变* \| *实变	(math.) real variable	實變


卢沟桥事变 Lúgōu Qiáo Shìbiàn	卢沟桥事变 \| 卢沟桥事变* \| *卢沟桥事变	Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭｜抗日战争	盧溝橋事變


弹性形变 tánxìngxíngbiàn	弹性形变 \| 弹性形变* \| *弹性形变	elastic deformation	彈性形變


衍变 yǎnbiàn	衍变 \| 衍变* \| *衍变	to develop / to evolve	衍變


权变 quánbiàn	权变 \| 权变* \| *权变	to do whatever is expedient	權變


玄武门之变 Xuánwǔménzhībiàn	玄武门之变 \| 玄武门之变* \| *玄武门之变	Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗	玄武門之變


音变 yīnbiàn	音变 \| 音变* \| *音变	phonetic change	音變


情变 qíngbiàn	情变 \| 情变* \| *情变	loss of love / breakup of a relationship	情變


节哀顺变 jié'āishùnbiàn	节哀顺变 \| 节哀顺变* \| *节哀顺变	restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)	節哀順變


谈虎色变 tánhǔsèbiàn	谈虎色变 \| 谈虎色变* \| *谈虎色变	to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / to be scared at the mere mention of	談虎色變


惨变 cǎnbiàn	惨变 \| 惨变* \| *惨变	disastrous turn / tragic event	慘變


皖南事变 Wǎnnán Shìbiàn	皖南事变 \| 皖南事变* \| *皖南事变	New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists	皖南事變


调变 tiáobiàn	调变 \| 调变* \| *调变	modulation / to modulate (electronics)	調變


核转变 hézhuǎnbiàn	核转变 \| 核转变* \| *核转变	nuclear transformation / nuclear transmutation	核轉變


女大十八变 nǚdàshíbābiàn	女大十八变 \| 女大十八变* \| *女大十八变	lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was	女大十八變


丕变 pībiàn	丕变 \| 丕变* \| *丕变	radical change	丕變


穷则思变 qióngzésībiàn	穷则思变 \| 穷则思变* \| *穷则思变	when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)	窮則思變


民变 mínbiàn	民变 \| 民变* \| *民变	mass uprising / popular revolt / civil commotion	民變


陈桥兵变 Chénqiáobīngbiàn	陈桥兵变 \| 陈桥兵变* \| *陈桥兵变	the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤｜赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty	陳橋兵變


哗变 huábiàn	哗变 \| 哗变* \| *哗变	mutiny / rebellion	嘩變


风切变 fēngqiēbiàn	风切变 \| 风切变* \| *风切变	wind shear (meteorology)	風切變


戊戌政变 Wùxū Zhèngbiàn	戊戌政变 \| 戊戌政变* \| *戊戌政变	coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后 ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty	戊戌政變


紧急应变 jǐnjíyìngbiàn	紧急应变 \| 紧急应变* \| *紧急应变	emergency management	緊急應變


华北事变 Huáběi Shìbiàn	华北事变 \| 华北事变* \| *华北事变	North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China	華北事變


错义突变 cuòyìtūbiàn	错义突变 \| 错义突变* \| *错义突变	missense mutation	錯義突變


放射性衰变 fàngshèxìngshuāibiàn	放射性衰变 \| 放射性衰变* \| *放射性衰变	radioactive decay	放射性衰變


折变 zhébiàn	折变 \| 折变* \| *折变	to sell off sth	折變


四一二反革命政变 sìyī'èrfǎngémìngzhèngbiàn	四一…政变 \| 四一…政变* \| *四一…政变	counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai	四一二反革命政變


芦沟桥事变 Lúgōu Qiáo Shìbiàn	芦沟桥事变 \| 芦沟桥事变* \| *芦沟桥事变	Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭｜抗日战争	蘆溝橋事變


一二八事变 Yī Èrbā Shìbiàn	一二八事变 \| 一二八事变* \| *一二八事变	Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai	一二八事變


通权达变 tōngquándábiàn	通权达变 \| 通权达变* \| *通权达变	to adapt to circumstances	通權達變


庚子国变 gēngzǐguóbiàn	庚子国变 \| 庚子国变* \| *庚子国变	the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion	庚子國變


俗随时变 súsuíshíbiàn	俗随时变 \| 俗随时变* \| *俗随时变	customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!	俗隨時變


四一二事变 sìyī'èrshìbiàn	四一二事变 \| 四一二事变* \| *四一二事变	the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政变｜反革命政變 or 慘案｜惨案 in PRC literature	四一二事變


甲申政变 Jiǎshēnzhèngbiàn	甲申政变 \| 甲申政变* \| *甲申政变	unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops	甲申政變


剪切形变 jiǎnqiēxíngbiàn	剪切形变 \| 剪切形变* \| *剪切形变	shearing / shear deformation	剪切形變


置换突变 zhìhuàntūbiàn	置换突变 \| 置换突变* \| *置换突变	missense mutation	置換突變


没大改变 méidàgǎibiàn	没大改变 \| 没大改变* \| *没大改变	not significantly changed	沒大改變


黄巾民变 Huángjīn Mínbiàn	黄巾民变 \| 黄巾民变* \| *黄巾民变	the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)	黃巾民變


六二五事变 liù'èrwǔshìbiàn	六二五事变 \| 六二五事变* \| *六二五事变	Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)	六二五事變


不识时变 bùshíshíbiàn	不识时变 \| 不识时变* \| *不识时变	to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason	不識時變

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