千變萬化

See also: 千変万化

Chinese

		thousand	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	ten thousand; a great number; surname	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (千變萬化)		千	變	萬	化
simp. (千变万化)		千	变	万	化
Intercalation of 千萬／千万 (qiānwàn) and 變化／变化 (biànhuà).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānbiànwànhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ bin³ maan⁶ faa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-piàn-bān-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānbiànwànhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianbiànwànhuà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-pien⁴-wan⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: chyān-byàn-wàn-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianbiannwannhuah
    • Palladius: цяньбяньваньхуа (cjanʹbjanʹvanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ bin³ maan⁶ faa³
    • Yale: chīn bin maahn fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ bin³ maan⁶ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ bin³ man⁶ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ piːn³³ maːn²² faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-piàn-bān-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-piàn-bān-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienpiernbaxnhoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ ban²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³ piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ban⁴¹⁻²² hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ ban²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ ban³³⁻¹¹ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ ban³³⁻²¹ hua²¹/

Idiom

千變萬化

1. an innumerable amount of changes; countless changes

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千變萬化):

• → Japanese: 千変万化(せんぺんばんか) (senpenbanka)
• → Korean: 천변만화(千變萬化) (cheonbyeonmanhwa)
• → Vietnamese: thiên biến vạn hoá (千變萬化)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
千	變	萬	化

Adjective

千變萬化

1. chữ Hán form of thiên biến vạn hoá (“everchanging”).