# 變色
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biànsè
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bin$^3$ sik$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pien-set
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-sek / piàn-siak
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biànsè
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biànsè
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^4$-sê$^4$
*** Yale: byàn-sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannseh
*** Palladius: бяньсэ (bjanʹsɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bin$^3$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: bin sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bin$^3$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bin$^3$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːn³³ sɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pien-set
*** Hakka Romanization System: bien sed$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bian$^4$ sed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi̯en⁵⁵ set̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-sek
*** Tâi-lô: piàn-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piernseg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-siak
*** Tâi-lô: piàn-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piernsiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pjenH srik
Rime :
| Character | 變 | 色 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (79) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 彼眷切 | 所力切 |
| Baxter | pjenH | srik |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiᴇn$^H$/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚiɛn$^H$/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piæn$^H$/ | /ʃiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pian$^H$/ | /ʂik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pjɛn$^H$/ | /ʃiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭɛn$^H$/ | /ʃĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi̯ɛn$^H$/ | /ʂi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | biàn | she |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bin$^3$ | sik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pro[n]-s s.rək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*prons srɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 變 | 色 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | biàn | sè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjen$^H$ › | ‹ srik › |
| Old Chinese | /*pro[n]-s/ | /*s.rək/ |
| English | change (v.) | color; countenance |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 | 變 | 色 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 8612 | 10989 |
| Phonetic component |  | 色 |
| Rime group | 元 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 變 | 色 |
| Old Chinese | /*prons/ | /*srɯɡ/ |

### Verb

變⫽色 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* to change color; to discolor
* to change the facial expression due to anger or fear
* (figurative) to change the ideology of a society or a government
    古巴變色／古巴变色 ― Gǔbā biànsè ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    東歐變色／东欧变色 ― Dōng-Ōu biànsè ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1964 March 29, Chiang Kai-shek, 《中華民國五十三年青年節告全國青年書》
    Jìn bànge shìjì yǐlái, wǒmen zāoshòu wúshù de nèiyōuwàihuàn, biànluàn xiàngchéng, gù wǒ Zhōnghuá Mínzú, yīzhí zài zhòngzhòng yōuhuàn zhīzhōng, jiēshòu yánkù de kǎoyàn, yóuqí Dàlù biànsè, hàojié kōngqián, zhèngfǔ qiān Tái, chuàngjùtòngshēn! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (to change color): (Hokkien) 轉色／转色

#### Derived terms

* 勃然變色／勃然变色
* 怫然變色／怫然变色
* 變色易容／变色易容
* 變色眼鏡／变色眼镜 (biànsè yǎnjìng)
* 變色筆／变色笔
* 變色蜥蜴／变色蜥蜴 (biànsè xīyì)
* 變色鏡／变色镜 (biànsèjìng)
* 變色龍／变色龙 (biànsèlóng)
* 風雲變色／风云变色

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 變 | 色 |
| へん Hyōgai | しょく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 變色 – see the following entry. :
| 【変色へんしょく】 | [noun] change of color, discoloration [verb] to change color, to discolor |
(This term, 變色, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 變 | 色 |

### Noun

變色 • (byeonsaek) (hangeul 변색)
* hanja form of 변색