變天

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	day; sky; heaven
trad. (變天)		變	天
simp. (变天)		变	天
anagram		天變／天变

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ tin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-thian / piàn-thiⁿ
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵pi-thi; ⁵pi ¹thi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàntian
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tʻien¹
  - Yale: byàn-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntian
  - Palladius: бяньтянь (bjanʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ tin¹
  - Yale: bin tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-thian / piàn-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-thian / piàn-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pierntiefn, pierntvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiɛn³³/, /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵pi-thi; ⁵pi ¹thi
  - MiniDict: pi^去 thi; pi^去 thi^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi-thi; ²pi ¹thi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³³ tʰi⁴⁴/, /pi⁴⁴ tʰi⁵³/

Verb

變⫽天 (verb-object) (intransitive)

(impersonal) the weather changes
要變天了！／要变天了！ ― Yào biàntiān le! ― Looks like it's going to rain!
(figurative) to undergo a significant political change; to stage a comeback; to restore the reactionary rule

Synonyms

(to change): (Hokkien, Teochew) 反天; (Teochew) 激雨; (Wu) 天變／天变

Derived terms

變天賬／变天账

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