變聲

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Chinese

to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
 
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds)
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
 
trad. (變聲)
simp. (变声)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (26)
Final () (79) (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjenH syeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠiᴇnH/ /ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚiɛnH/ /ɕiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/piænH/ /ɕiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pianH/ /ɕiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/pjɛnH/ /ɕiɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/pĭɛnH/ /ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pi̯ɛnH/ /ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
biàn shēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bin3 sing1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
biàn shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjenH › ‹ syeng ›
Old
Chinese
/*pro-s/ /*eŋ/
English change (v.) sound (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8612 10514
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*prons/ /*qʰjeŋ/

Verb

變聲

  1. to experience one's voice breaking (deepening of the voice upon reaching puberty)
  2. to change voice artificially
  3. to speak with an altered voice due to being emotional

Synonyms

  • (to experience one's voice breaking): (Hokkien) 轉聲转声

Derived terms