變性

See also: 变性

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (變性)		變	性
simp. (变性)		变	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànsìng
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: byàn-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannshinq
    • Palladius: бяньсин (bjanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ sing³
    • Yale: bin sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piernsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

變性

1. to have a sex change; to be transexual
2. (biochemistry) to denature

   酒精可使蛋白質變性。 [MSC, trad.]
   酒精可使蛋白质变性。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiǔjīng kě shǐ dànbáizhì biànxìng. [Pinyin]

   Alcohol can make protein denatured.

3. (medicine) to degenerate

Synonyms

• (to have a sex change): 易性 (yìxìng)

Derived terms

• 變性人 / 变性人 (biànxìngrén)
• 變性毒素 / 变性毒素 (biànxìng dúsù)
• 變性者 / 变性者 (biànxìngzhě)
• 黃斑變性 / 黄斑变性 (huángbān biànxìng)
• 黃斑部變性 / 黄斑部变性 (huángbānbù biànxìng)