變色龍

See also: 变色龙

Chinese

		to change color; to discolor; to change the facial expression due to anger or fear	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (變色龍)		變色	龍
simp. (变色龙)		变色	龙
Literally: “colour-changing dragon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànsèlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ sik¹ lung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pien-set-liùng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànsèlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànsèlóng
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-sê⁴-lung²
    • Yale: byàn-sè-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannsehlong
    • Palladius: бяньсэлун (bjanʹsɛlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ sik¹ lung⁴
    • Yale: bin sīk lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ sik⁷ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ xig¹ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ sɪk̚⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pien-set-liùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: bien sed^ˋ liung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bian⁴ sed⁵ liung²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯en⁵⁵ set̚² li̯uŋ¹¹/

Noun

變色龍

1. chameleon (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
2. (figurative, slang) chameleon; opportunist; fickle person

Synonyms

• (chameleon): 變色蜥蜴／变色蜥蜴 (biànsè xīyì), 避役 (bìyì)

Derived terms

• 枯葉變色龍 / 枯叶变色龙 (kūyè biànsèlóng)