"變通" meaning in All languages combined

See 變通 on Wiktionary

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /piːn³³ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔŋ³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 变通 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 變通
  1. to be flexible (when dealing with matters); to accommodate to circumstances Synonyms: 回旋 (huíxuán), 敨退 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 移斡 [Hokkien, Xiamen], (biàn) [in-compounds, literary], (biàn) [in-compounds, literary], 通融 (tōngróng), 通變 (tōngbiàn) [literary], 通变 (tōngbiàn) [literary] Related terms: 靈活 (línghuó), 灵活 (línghuó)
    Sense id: en-變通-zh-verb-GRGiMjIs Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "通變"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "通变"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "变通",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "變通",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be flexible (when dealing with matters); to accommodate to circumstances"
      ],
      "id": "en-變通-zh-verb-GRGiMjIs",
      "links": [
        [
          "flexible",
          "flexible"
        ],
        [
          "accommodate",
          "accommodate"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "línghuó",
          "word": "靈活"
        },
        {
          "roman": "línghuó",
          "word": "灵活"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "huíxuán",
          "word": "回旋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "敨退"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "移斡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "biàn",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "變"
        },
        {
          "roman": "biàn",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "变"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tōngróng",
          "word": "通融"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tōngbiàn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "通變"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tōngbiàn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "通变"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biàntōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin³ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piàn-thong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biàntōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biàntong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pien⁴-tʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "byàn-tūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bianntong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bjanʹtun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бяньтун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin³ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin tūng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin³ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin³ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piàn-thong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piàn-thong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pierntofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "變通"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "通變"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "通变"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "变通",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "變通",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "línghuó",
      "word": "靈活"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línghuó",
      "word": "灵活"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 變",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 通",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be flexible (when dealing with matters); to accommodate to circumstances"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flexible",
          "flexible"
        ],
        [
          "accommodate",
          "accommodate"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biàntōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin³ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piàn-thong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biàntōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biàntong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pien⁴-tʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "byàn-tūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bianntong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bjanʹtun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бяньтун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin³ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin tūng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin³ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin³ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piàn-thong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piàn-thong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pierntofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "huíxuán",
      "word": "回旋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "敨退"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "移斡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biàn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "變"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biàn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "变"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tōngróng",
      "word": "通融"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tōngbiàn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "通變"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tōngbiàn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "通变"
    }
  ],
  "word": "變通"
}

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