變法

See also: 变法

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (變法)		變	法
simp. (变法)		变	法
Literally: “to change law; to change way”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ faat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biànfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biànfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-fa³
  - Yale: byàn-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannfaa
  - Palladius: бяньфа (bjanʹfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (變法兒／变法儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biànfǎr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biànfǎr
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-fa³-ʼrh
  - Yale: byàn-fǎr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannfaal
  - Palladius: бяньфар (bjanʹfar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Erhuayin reading for "to use an unconventional method".

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ faat³
  - Yale: bin faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ faːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piernhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huat̚⁵/

Verb

變⫽法 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to undergo administrative change; to undergo political change
商鞅變法／商鞅变法 ― Shāng Yāng Biànfǎ ― the Reforms of Shang Yang
- 變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？ [MSC, trad.]
  变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
  Biànfǎ biàndé rénxīnhuánghuáng, yuànshēngzàidào. Jūrán hái zhǎo rìběnrén dāng gùwèn. Zhè bùshì yǐnlángrùshì, qǐng guǐ lái kāi yàofāng ne? [Pinyin]
  The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?
(colloquial) to use an unconventional method; to try a different way

Synonyms

(to undergo administrative change): (Min Nan) 變步／变步

Derived terms

戊戌變法／戊戌变法 (Wùxū Biànfǎ)

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