"變奏" meaning in Chinese

See 變奏 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/, /piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: biànzòu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bin³ zau³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], biànzòu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], biànzòu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pien⁴-tsou⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], byàn-dzòu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bianntzow [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], бяньцзоу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bjanʹczou [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bin jau [Cantonese, Yale], bin³ dzau³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bin³ zeo³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 变奏
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 變奏
  1. (music) variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme)
    Sense id: en-變奏-zh-noun-0aaIiCXm Categories (other): Music, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 46 12 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 2 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 2 51 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (figurative) variation; variety Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-變奏-zh-noun-bOmZt4p2 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 46 12 42

Verb

IPA: /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/, /piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: biànzòu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bin³ zau³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], biànzòu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], biànzòu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pien⁴-tsou⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], byàn-dzòu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bianntzow [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], бяньцзоу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bjanʹczou [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bin jau [Cantonese, Yale], bin³ dzau³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bin³ zeo³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 变奏
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 變奏
  1. (music) to vary; to create variation Derived forms: 變奏曲 (biànzòuqǔ), 变奏曲 (biànzòuqǔ)
    Sense id: en-變奏-zh-verb-tVu4YBFr Categories (other): Music, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 46 12 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 2 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 2 51 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "变奏",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "變奏",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "zh:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 12 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 2 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 2 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "biànzòuqǔ",
          "word": "變奏曲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "biànzòuqǔ",
          "word": "变奏曲"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to vary; to create variation"
      ],
      "id": "en-變奏-zh-verb-tVu4YBFr",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "vary",
          "vary"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) to vary; to create variation"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ zau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pien⁴-tsou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byàn-dzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bianntzow"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бяньцзоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bjanʹczou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin jau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ dzau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ zeo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "變奏"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "变奏",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "變奏",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "zh:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 12 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 2 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 2 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme)"
      ],
      "id": "en-變奏-zh-noun-0aaIiCXm",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 12 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "variation; variety"
      ],
      "id": "en-變奏-zh-noun-bOmZt4p2",
      "links": [
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ],
        [
          "variety",
          "variety"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) variation; variety"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ zau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pien⁴-tsou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byàn-dzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bianntzow"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бяньцзоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bjanʹczou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin jau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ dzau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ zeo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "變奏"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 奏",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 變",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "biànzòuqǔ",
      "word": "變奏曲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biànzòuqǔ",
      "word": "变奏曲"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "变奏",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "變奏",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to vary; to create variation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "vary",
          "vary"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) to vary; to create variation"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ zau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pien⁴-tsou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byàn-dzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bianntzow"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бяньцзоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bjanʹczou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin jau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ dzau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ zeo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "變奏"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 奏",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 變",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "变奏",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "變奏",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "variation; variety"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ],
        [
          "variety",
          "variety"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) variation; variety"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ zau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pien⁴-tsou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byàn-dzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bianntzow"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бяньцзоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bjanʹczou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin jau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ dzau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin³ zeo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "變奏"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 變奏 meaning in Chinese (4.4kB)

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "變奏"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "變奏",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.