HSK 3 · Verbs

变化 biànhuà “change” in Chinese

Traditional 變化

What 变化 means

  1. change
  2. (intransitive) to change
  3. to vary
  4. variation

How to say 变化

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale变biàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale化huà4th tone, falling

变化 in a sentence

  1. 据说山上的天气变化很快。

    Jùshuō shān shàng de tiānqì biànhuà hěn kuài.

    They say the weather in the mountains changes quickly.

    Sentence #332452 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们最近十年经历了很多变化。

    Wǒmen zuìjìn shí nián jīnglì le hěn duō biànhuà.

    We’ve been through a lot of changes over the past ten years.

    Sentence #754042 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 时代在变化。

    Shídài zài biànhuà.

    Times are changing.

    Sentence #1406037 from Tatoeba

How 变化 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 变 (biàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
变biànto change
  • 亦also · yì
  • 又again · yòu
The character 化 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
化huàto make into
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 匕spoon · bǐ

Memory aidA person 亻 next to a person turned upside down 匕: to change, to transform.

How to write 变化

变 8 strokes · 化 4 strokes

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变化 (biànhuà) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 变化 (biànhuà). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 变化

Words with 变

变biàn · to change变成biànchéng · to turn into改变gǎibiàn · to change转变zhuǎnbiàn · to change变质biànzhì · to go bad变故biàngù · misfortune变迁biànqiān · changes演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

Words with 化

文化wénhuà · culture消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)化学huàxué · chemistry化验huàyàn · laboratory test化妆huàzhuāng · to put on make-up恶化èhuà · to worsen简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify进化jìnhuà · evolution化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser化石huàshí · fossil

More words: Common Verbs

走zǒu · to walk搬bān · to move帮忙bāngmáng · to help包bāo · to cover参加cānjiā · participate迟到chídào · arrive late打扫dǎsǎo · to clean打算dǎsuàn · to plan

FAQs

变化 (biànhuà) means “change” or “(intransitive) to change”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it biànhuà: biàn with a 4th tone, then huà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 变化 is written 變化. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianhua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 变化 from the suggestions. Typing bianhua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
变化 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.