搖身一變

Chinese

		shake; to rock	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (搖身一變)		搖	身	一	變
simp. (摇身一变)		摇	身	一	变

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáoshēnyībiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄣ ㄧ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ san¹ jat¹ bin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iô-sin-chi̍t-piàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáoshēnyībiàn [Phonetic: yáoshēnyíbiàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄣ ㄧ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáoshenyibiàn
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-shên¹-i¹-pien⁴
    • Yale: yáu-shēn-yī-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaushenibiann
    • Palladius: яошэньибянь (jaošɛnʹibjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ san¹ jat¹ bin³
    • Yale: yìuh sān yāt bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ san¹ jat⁷ bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ sen¹ yed¹ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-sin-chi̍t-piàn
    • Tâi-lô: iô-sin-tsi̍t-piàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioisincidpiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² sin³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/

Idiom

搖身一變

1. (usually derogatory and said of bad people) to suddenly change into a different appearance or identity; to assume a different persona or disguise