和平演變

Chinese

		peace; Rosa Peace	to develop; to evolve
trad. (和平演變)		和平	演變
simp. (和平演变)		和平	演变

Etymology

Calque from English Peaceful Evolution.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hépíng Yǎnbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ ping⁴ jin² bin³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hépíng Yǎnbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hépíng Yǎnbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Ho²-pʻing² Yen³-pien⁴
    • Yale: Hé-píng Yǎn-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herpyng Yeanbiann
    • Palladius: Хэпин Яньбянь (Xɛpin Janʹbjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ ping⁴ jin² bin³
    • Yale: wòh pìhng yín bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ ping⁴ jin² bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ ping⁴ yin² bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹ jiːn³⁵ piːn³³/

Proper noun

和平演變

1. “Peaceful Evolution” theory (alleged attempt to effect a political transformation of the Chinese socialist system by peaceful means, primarily by the United States)