# 豹變
## Chinese
### Etymology

From I Ching:
    君子豹變，其文蔚也。小人革面，順以從君也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]君子豹变，其文蔚也。小人革面，顺以从君也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCEJūnzǐ bàobiàn, qí wén wèi yě. Xiǎorén gé miàn, shùn yǐ cóng jūn yě. [Pinyin]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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàobiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paau$^3$ bin$^3$ / baau$^3$ bin$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàobiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàobiàn
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^4$-pien$^4$
*** Yale: bàu-byàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawbiann
*** Palladius: баобянь (baobjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paau$^3$ bin$^3$ / baau$^3$ bin$^3$
*** Yale: paau bin / baau bin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paau$^3$ bin$^3$ / baau$^3$ bin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pao$^3$ bin$^3$ / bao$^3$ bin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːu̯³³ piːn³³/, /paːu̯³³ piːn³³/
* Middle Chinese: paewH pjenH
Rime :
| Character | 豹 | 變 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 北敎切 | 彼眷切 |
| Baxter | paewH | pjenH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠau$^H$/ | /pˠiᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚau$^H$/ | /pᵚiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pau$^H$/ | /piæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨw$^H$/ | /pian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pau$^H$/ | /pjɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pau$^H$/ | /pĭɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pau$^H$/ | /pi̯ɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bào | biàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baau$^3$ | bin$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤr[e]wk-s pro[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*preːwɢs prons/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 豹 | 變 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bào | biàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ paew$^H$ › | ‹ pjen$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁr[e]wk-s/ | /*pro[n]-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. *[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 | 豹 | 變 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 11175 | 8612 |
| Phonetic component | 勺 |  |
| Rime group | 豹 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 豹 | 變 |
| Old Chinese | /*preːwɢs/ | /*prons/ |

### Noun

豹變
* (literary) the change of a person's behaviour or thought
* changing from poverty to rich

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 豹 | 變 |
| ひょう Jinmeiyō | へん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

豹(ひょう)變(へん) • (hyōhen)
* Kyūjitai form of 豹変

### Verb

豹(ひょう)變(へん)する • (hyōhen suru) suru (stem 豹(ひょう)變(へん)し (hyōhen shi), past 豹(ひょう)變(へん)した (hyōhen shita))
* Kyūjitai form of 豹変