豹變

See also: 豹变 and 豹変

Chinese

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

Etymology

From I Ching:

君子豹變，其文蔚也。小人革面，順以從君也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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君子豹变，其文蔚也。小人革面，顺以从君也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th 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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàobiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ bin³ / baau³ bin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàobiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàobiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-pien⁴
    • Yale: bàu-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawbiann
    • Palladius: баобянь (baobjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau³ bin³ / baau³ bin³
    • Yale: paau bin / baau bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ bin³ / baau³ bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao³ bin³ / bao³ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ piːn³³/, /paːu̯³³ piːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: paewH pjenH

Rime
Character	豹	變
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	北敎切	彼眷切
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/pauH/	/pi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baau3	bin3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤr[e]wk-s  pro[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*preːwɢs  prons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	豹	變
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	豹	變
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11175	8612
Phonetic component	勺	
Rime group	豹	元
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	豹	變
Old Chinese	/*preːwɢs/	/*prons/

Noun

豹變

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

Japanese

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

Noun

豹(ひょう)變(へん) • (hyōhen) ^{←へうへん (feufen)?}

1. Kyūjitai form of 豹変

Verb

豹(ひょう)變(へん)する • (hyōhen suru) ^{←へうへん (feufen)?}suru (stem 豹(ひょう)變(へん)し (hyōhen shi), past 豹(ひょう)變(へん)した (hyōhen shita))

1. Kyūjitai form of 豹変