變通

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (變通)		變	通
simp. (变通)		变	通
anagram		通變／通变

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàntōng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ tung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-thong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàntōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàntong
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tʻung¹
  - Yale: byàn-tūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntong
  - Palladius: бяньтун (bjanʹtun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ tung¹
  - Yale: bin tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-thong
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pierntofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

變通

to be flexible (when dealing with matters); to accommodate to circumstances

Synonyms

回旋 (huíxuán)
移斡 (Xiamen Hokkien)
變／变 (biàn) (literary, or in compounds)
通融 (tōngróng)
通變／通变 (tōngbiàn) (literary)

Related terms

靈活／灵活 (línghuó)

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