變奏

See also: 变奏

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	present a memorial; to achieve; to play
trad. (變奏)		變	奏
simp. (变奏)		变	奏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànzòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ zau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànzòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànzòu
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tsou⁴
    • Yale: byàn-dzòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntzow
    • Palladius: бяньцзоу (bjanʹczou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ zau³
    • Yale: bin jau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ dzau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ zeo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/

Verb

變奏

1. (music) to vary; to create variation

Derived terms

• 變奏曲／变奏曲 (biànzòuqǔ)

 

Noun

變奏

1. (music) variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme)
2. (figurative) variation; variety