搖身一變

Chinese

		shake; to rock	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (搖身一變)		搖	身	一	變
simp. (摇身一变)		摇	身	一	变

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáoshēnyībiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄣㄧㄅㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ san¹ jat¹ bin³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iô-sin-chi̍t-piàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáoshēnyībiàn [Phonetic: yáoshēnyíbiàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄣㄧㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáoshenyibiàn
  - Wade–Giles: yao²-shên¹-i¹-pien⁴
  - Yale: yáu-shēn-yī-byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaushenibiann
  - Palladius: яошэньибянь (jaošɛnʹibjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu⁴ san¹ jat¹ bin³
  - Yale: yìuh sān yāt bin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ san¹ jat⁷ bin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ sen¹ yed¹ bin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-sin-chi̍t-piàn
  - Tâi-lô: iô-sin-tsi̍t-piàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioisincidpiexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² ɕin³³ t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/

Idiom

搖身一變

(usually derogatory and said of bad people) to suddenly change into a different appearance or identity; to assume a different persona or disguise

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