不變

See also: 不变

Chinese

		not; no	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (不變)		不	變
simp. (不变)		不	变

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùbiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ bin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-pien
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): put-piàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ biêng³ / bug⁴ biang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùbiàn [Phonetic: búbiàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùbiàn
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pien⁴
  - Yale: bù-byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubiann
  - Palladius: бубянь (bubjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    不便
    不變 / 不变
    不辨
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ bin³
  - Yale: bāt bin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ bin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ bin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-pien
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ bien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ bian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚² pi̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-piàn
  - Tâi-lô: put-piàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putpiexn
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bug⁴ biêng³ / bug⁴ biang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk pièng / puk piàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ pieŋ²¹³/, /puk̚²⁻⁴ piaŋ²¹³/

Note:

bug4 biêng3 - Chaozhou;
bug4 biang3 - Shantou.

Verb

不變

to not change; to be unchanged
世界上唯一不變的就是變化。 [MSC, trad.]
世界上唯一不变的就是变化。 [MSC, simp.]
Shìjiè shàng wéiyī bùbiàn de jiùshì biànhuà. [Pinyin]
The only constant in the world is change.

Synonyms

(literary) 不化 (bùhuà)

Derived terms

一成不變 / 一成不变 (yīchéngbùbiàn)
不變價格 / 不变价格 (bùbiàn jiàgé)
神色不變 / 神色不变 (shénsèbùbiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	變
ふ Grade: 4	へん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 不變 – see the following entry.

【不変ふへん】

[noun] constancy, unchangeable, immutable, everlasting

[adjective] constant; permanent

(This term, 不變, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	變

Noun

不變 • (bulbyeon) (hangeul 불변)

hanja form^? of 불변 (“unchangeability; invariability; immutability; constancy; permanence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	變

Adjective

不變

chữ Hán form of bất biến (“invariable”)