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

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• 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

1. 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)