變相

See also: 变相

Chinese

	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
trad. (變相)	變	相
simp. (变相)	变	相
anagram	相變／相变

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ soeng³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): piàn-siòng / piàn-siàng / pìⁿ-siàng / pìⁿ-siùⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): biang³ siang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biànxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biànsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: byàn-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannshianq
  - Palladius: бяньсян (bjanʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ soeng³
  - Yale: bin seung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ soeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ sêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ sœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-siòng
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-siòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piernsioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-siàng
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-siàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piernsiaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pìⁿ-siàng
  - Tâi-lô: pìnn-siàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pviesiaxng
  - IPA (Taipei): /pĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ siaŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pìⁿ-siùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pìnn-siùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pviesviux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ siũ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ siũ¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: biang³ siang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piàng siàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siaŋ²¹³/

Adjective

變相

(attributive) covert; in a disguised form; concealed
變相剝削／变相剥削 ― biànxiàng bōxuē ― covert exploitation; to exploit covertly

Verb

變相

(physics) to change phase; to transform

Derived terms

Noun

變相

new shapes and forms generated by transformations
(Buddhism) Synonym of 經變 / 经变 (jīngbiàn, “sutra painting”)