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"phonetic change" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
音变 音變 yīn biàn phonetic change
Chinese Pinyin Translation
斯 sī (phonetic) / this syn
反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn
变化 變化 biàn huà (intransitive) to change / to vary / change / variation (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn
语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn
零钱 零錢 líng qián change (of money) / small change / pocket money syn
茄子 qié zi eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) / aubergine / brinjal / Guinea squash / phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed) / equivalent of "say cheese"
变动 變動 biàn dòng to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation syn
改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn
音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram
变样 變樣 biàn yàng to change (appearance) / to change shape syn
变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn
维奇 維奇 wéi qí Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555) / phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn
萨克 薩克 sà kè sax / saxophone / (used as phonetic for za-ke or sack, e.g. in Saxon, Isaac)
拼音 pīn yīn phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
支那 zhī nà phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory syn
剧变 劇變 jù biàn to change dramatically / radical change syn
韩文 韓文 hán wén hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language
质变 質變 zhì biàn qualitative change / fundamental change syn
换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance syn
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
骤变 驟變 zhòu biàn to change suddenly / to change abruptly syn
音标 音標 yīn biāo phonetic symbol
声母 聲母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1])
变天 變天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval / to undergo sweeping change syn
偏旁 piān páng component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part) syn
转向 轉向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction / fig. to change one's stance syn
注音 zhù yīn to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc / phonetic notation / (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4])
改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn
字音 zì yīn phonetic value of a character syn
译音 譯音 yì yīn phonetic transcription / transliteration syn
国际音标 國際音標 guó jì yīn biāo international phonetic alphabet
拼音文字 pīn yīn wén zì phonetic alphabet / alphabetic writing system
啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc / (phonetic) / (dialect) to chat syn
耶 yē (phonetic ye) syn
尼 ní Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings) syn
咯 gē (phonetic) syn
妮 nī girl / phonetic "ni" (in female names) / Taiwan pr. [ni2] syn
艾 ài Chinese mugwort or wormwood / moxa / to stop or cut short / phonetic "ai" or "i" / abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS syn
音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn
莎 shā katydid (family Tettigoniidae) / phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
奈 nài used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words syn
伽 jiā traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
埃 āi dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e syn
哔 嗶 bì (phonetic)
哒 噠 dā (phonetic) / command to a horse / clatter (of horses' hoofs) syn
陀 tuó (phonetic) / declivity / steep bank
咔 kǎ (used as phonetic "ka")
斐 fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ)
茄 jiā phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common
迦 jiā (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
吡 bǐ used as phonetic bi- or pi- syn
嗪 qín used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
俾 bǐ to cause / to enable / phonetic bi / Taiwan pr. [bi4] syn
喇 lǎ (phonetic)
浜 bīn Japanese variant of 濱|滨[bin1] / used in Japanese place names such as Yokohama 橫浜|横浜[Heng2 bin1] with phonetic value hama syn
娑 suō (phonetic) / see 婆娑[po2 suo1]
荻 dí Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed) / used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi
改弦易辙 改弦易轍 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune syn
形声 形聲 xíng shēng ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
反切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
娜 nà (phonetic na) / used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4]
啡 fēi (used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
噶 gá phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds) / Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha / (dialect) final particle similar to 了[le5] (esp. in Yunnan)
圪 gē (phonetic)
黠 xiá (phonetic) / crafty
靼 dá (phonetic) / dressed leather
嘧 mì (phonetic) as in pyrimidine
睺 hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn
别 彆 biè to make sb change their ways, opinions etc syn
走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn
而 ér and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) syn
更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn
变 變 biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion syn
改变 改變 gǎi biàn to change / to alter / to transform syn
变成 變成 biàn chéng to change into / to turn into / to become syn
转 轉 zhuǎn to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) syn
改 gǎi to change / to alter / to transform / to correct syn
转移 轉移 zhuǎn yí to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize syn
化 huà to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2] syn
大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
转变 轉變 zhuǎn biàn to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
转换 轉換 zhuǎn huàn to change / to switch / to convert / to transform syn
变形 變形 biàn xíng to become deformed / to change shape / to morph
更衣室 gēng yī shì change room / dressing room / locker room / (euphemism) toilet syn
更换 更換 gēng huàn to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc) syn
变性 變性 biàn xìng to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual
改装 改裝 gǎi zhuāng to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
手动 手動 shǒu dòng manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
转机 轉機 zhuǎn jī (to take) a turn for the better / to change planes syn
变为 變為 biàn wéi to change into syn
翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes syn
换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
转化 轉化 zhuǎn huà to change / to turn / to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization syn
变革 變革 biàn gé to transform / to change syn
突变 突變 tū biàn sudden change / mutation syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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