# 改變
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǎibiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): goi$^2$ bin$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kói-pien
* Eastern Min (BUC): gāi-biéng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kái-piàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): goi$^2$ biang$^3$ / goi$^2$ bin$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎibiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎibiàn
*** Wade–Giles: kai$^3$-pien$^4$
*** Yale: gǎi-byàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaebiann
*** Palladius: гайбянь (gajbjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: goi$^2$ bin$^3$
*** Yale: gói bin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goi$^2$ bin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: goi$^2$ bin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːi̯³⁵ piːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kói-pien
*** Hakka Romanization System: goi$^ˋ$ bien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: goi$^3$ bian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /koi̯³¹ pi̯en⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gāi-biéng
*** Sinological IPA : /kai³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(p-)}$βiɛŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-piàn
*** Tâi-lô: kái-piàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kay'piexn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɛn²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɛn²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɛn¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɛn²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: goi$^2$ biang$^3$ / goi$^2$ bin$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kói piàng / kói pìⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ piaŋ²¹³/, /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ pĩ²¹³/

#### Verb

改變
* (intransitive) to change (by itself)
    做出改變／做出改变 ― zuòchū gǎibiàn ― to make changes
    色素改變／色素改变 ― sèsù gǎibiàn ― pigmentation change
    他改變了很多。／他改变了很多。 ― Tā gǎibiàn le hěnduō. ― He has changed a lot.
* (transitive) to change (something in some way)
    改變壞習慣／改变坏习惯 ― gǎibiàn huài xíguàn ― to change a bad habit
       Zhè yīdài de jìsuànjī gǎibiàn le wǒmen chuàngjiàn méitǐ de fāngfǎ. [Pinyin]
       This generation of computers changed the way we create media.

##### Usage notes

改變／改变 (gǎibiàn) conveys any kind of change, while 改善 (gǎishàn) conveys a change for the better.

##### Synonyms

* (to change by itself):
* 變 / 变 (biàn)
* 變化 / 变化 (biànhuà)
* 變易 / 变易 (biànyì)
* 變遷 / 变迁 (biànqiān) (of major, long-term changes)
* 變革 / 变革 (biàngé) (chiefly of social systems)
* 轉化 / 转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
* 轉型 / 转型 (zhuǎnxíng)
* 轉移 / 转移 (zhuǎnyí) (of a quality, character, etc.)
* 轉變 / 转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
* 革變 / 革变 (gébiàn) (literary)
* (to change something in some way):
* 修改 (xiūgǎi)
* 切換 / 切换 (qiēhuàn)
* 改動 / 改动 (gǎidòng)
* 改換 / 改换 (gǎihuàn)
* 改觀 / 改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
* 改造 (gǎizào)
* 更動 / 更动 (gēngdòng)
* 更換 / 更换 (gēnghuàn)
* 更改 (gēnggǎi)
* 游移 (yóuyí)
* 移 (yí)
* 移易 (yíyì) (literary)
* 竄 / 窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds, to revise text)
* 竄亂 / 窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
* 變 / 变 (biàn)
* 變換 / 变换 (biànhuàn)
* 變易 / 变易 (biànyì)
* 變更 / 变更 (biàngēng)
* 變變 / 变变 (Hokkien)
* 變革 / 变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
* 轉化 / 转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
* 轉換 / 转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
* 轉變 / 转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
* 遷 / 迁 (qiān)
* 革變 / 革变 (gébiàn) (literary)

##### Derived terms

* 氣候改變 / 气候改变 (qìhòu gǎibiàn)

#### See also

* 改革 (gǎigé)

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kóe-pìⁿ / ké-pìⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóe-pìⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: kué-pìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koefpvix
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pĩ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ké-pìⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: ké-pìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kefpvix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹/

#### Verb

改變
* (Hokkien) to fix; to correct (a mistake); to quit (a bad habit)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 改 | 變 |
| かい Grade: 4 | へん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 改變 – see the following entry. :
| 【改変かいへん】 | [noun] alteration, a change [verb] to alter, to change |
(This term, 改變, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 改 | 變 |

### Verb

改變
* chữ Hán form of cải biến (“to transform, to change”).