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豹變

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See also: 豹变 and 豹変

Chinese

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leopard; panther
to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
 
trad. (豹變)
simp. (豹变)
Literally: “to change like a leopard”.

Etymology

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From I Ching:

君子豹變小人 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
君子豹变小人 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
Jūnzǐ bàobiàn, qí wén wèi yě. Xiǎorén gé miàn, shùn yǐ cóng jūn yě. [Pinyin]
The superior man produces his changes as the leopard does when he changes his spots:' - their beauty becomes more elegant. 'Small men change their faces:' - they show themselves prepared to follow their ruler.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (1)
Final () (90) (79)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter paewH pjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠauH/ /pˠiᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚauH/ /pᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/pauH/ /piænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/paɨwH/ /pianH/
Li
Rong
/pauH/ /pjɛnH/
Wang
Li
/pauH/ /pĭɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pauH/ /pi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bào biàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
baau3 bin3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bào biàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ paewH › ‹ pjenH ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁr[e]wk-s/ /*pro[n]-s/
English leopard change (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11175 8612
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*preːwɢs/ /*prons/

Noun

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豹變

  1. (literary) the change of a person's behaviour or thought
  2. changing from poverty to rich

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひょう
Jinmeiyō
へん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

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(ひょう)(へん) (hyōhenへうへん (feufen)?

  1. Kyūjitai form of 豹変

Verb

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(ひょう)(へん)する (hyōhen suruへうへん (feufen)?suru (stem (ひょう)(へん) (hyōhen shi), past (ひょう)(へん)した (hyōhen shita))

  1. Kyūjitai form of 豹変