豹變

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See also: 豹变 and 豹変

Chinese

leopard; panther
to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
 
trad. (豹變)
simp. (豹变)
Literally: “to change like a leopard”.

Etymology

From I Ching:

君子豹變小人 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
君子豹变小人 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
Jūnzǐ bàobiàn, qí wén wèi yě. Xiǎorén gé miàn, shùn yǐ cóng jūn yě.
The superior man produces his changes as the leopard does when he changes his spots:' - their beauty becomes more elegant. 'Small men change their faces:' - they show themselves prepared to follow their ruler.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (1)
Final () (90) (79)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter paewH pjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠauH/ /pˠiᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚauH/ /pᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/pauH/ /piænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/paɨwH/ /pianH/
Li
Rong
/pauH/ /pjɛnH/
Wang
Li
/pauH/ /pĭɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pauH/ /pi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bào biàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
baau3 bin3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bào biàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ paewH › ‹ pjenH ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁrwk-s/ /*pro-s/
English leopard change (v.)

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. 11175 8612
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*preːwɢs/ /*prons/

Noun

豹變

  1. (literary) the change of a person's behaviour or thought
  2. changing from poverty to rich

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひょう
Jinmeiyō
へん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

(ひょう)(へん) (hyōhenへうへん (feufen)?

  1. Kyūjitai form of 豹変

Verb

(ひょう)(へん)する (hyōhen suruへうへん (feufen)?suru (stem (ひょう)(へん) (hyōhen shi), past (ひょう)(へん)した (hyōhen shita))

  1. Kyūjitai form of 豹変