"搖身一變" meaning in Chinese

See 搖身一變 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /io²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /io²⁴⁻²² sin³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /io¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /io²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iɤ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/, /jiːu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/, /io²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/, /io²⁴⁻²² sin³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹/, /io¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²¹/, /io²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn¹¹/, /iɤ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: yáoshēnyībiàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄣ ㄧ ㄅㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jiu⁴ san¹ jat¹ bin³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], iô-sin-chi̍t-piàn, yáoshēnyībiàn [Phonetic:yáoshēnyíbiàn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yáoshenyibiàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao²-shên¹-i¹-pien⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yáu-shēn-yī-byàn [Mandarin, Yale], yaushenibiann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яошэньибянь [Mandarin, Palladius], jaošɛnʹibjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], yìuh sān yāt bin [Cantonese, Yale], jiu⁴ san¹ jat⁷ bin³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yiu⁴ sen¹ yed¹ bin³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], iô-sin-chi̍t-piàn [Hokkien, POJ], iô-sin-tsi̍t-piàn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ioisincidpiexn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 摇身一变
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  1. (usually derogatory and said of bad people) to suddenly change into a different appearance or identity; to assume a different persona or disguise Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, usually
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      "zh-pron": "yáoshenyibiàn"
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      "zh-pron": "yao²-shên¹-i¹-pien⁴"
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        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáu-shēn-yī-byàn"
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yaushenibiann"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "яошэньибянь"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "jaošɛnʹibjanʹ"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "yìuh sān yāt bin"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu⁴ san¹ jat⁷ bin³"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu⁴ sen¹ yed¹ bin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô-sin-chi̍t-piàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô-sin-tsi̍t-piàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ioisincidpiexn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² sin³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/",
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        "Kaohsiung"
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      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² sin³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn¹¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/iɤ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/"
    }
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      "zh-pron": "jiu⁴ san¹ jat¹ bin³"
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "yáoshēnyībiàn [Phonetic:yáoshēnyíbiàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáoshenyibiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao²-shên¹-i¹-pien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáu-shēn-yī-byàn"
    },
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yaushenibiann"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "яошэньибянь"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaošɛnʹibjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìuh sān yāt bin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu⁴ san¹ jat⁷ bin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu⁴ sen¹ yed¹ bin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô-sin-chi̍t-piàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô-sin-tsi̍t-piàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ioisincidpiexn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² sin³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yáoshēnyíbiàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ piːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² sin³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² piɛn²¹/"
    }
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