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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ tin¹
Min Nan (POJ): piàn-thian / piàn-thiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: biàntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntian
  - IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ tin¹
  - Yale: bin tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/

Verb

變天

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

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 反天

Derived terms

變天賬／变天账

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