HSK 6 · Ideas

变迁 biànqiān “changes” in Chinese

Traditional 變遷

What 变迁 means

  1. changes
  2. transition
  3. vicissitudes

How to say 变迁

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale迁qiān1st tone, high and level

变迁 in a sentence

  1. 这些老照片记录了城市的变迁。

    Zhèxiē lǎo zhàopiàn jìlù le chéngshì de biànqiān.

    These old photos record the changes in the city.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 时代变迁，人们的生活方式也变了。

    Shídài biànqiān, rénmen de shēnghuó fāngshì yě biàn le.

    As times change, people’s way of life changes too.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 变迁 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 迁 (qiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
迁qiānto move
  • 千thousand · qiānSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 千 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiān.

How to write 变迁

变 8 strokes · 迁 6 strokes

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

Words related to 变迁

Words with 变

变biàn · to change变化biànhuà · 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演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

Words with 迁

迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate迁徙qiānxǐ · to migrate

More words: Ideas & Concepts

饱经沧桑bǎojīngcāngsāng · to have lived through many ups and downs本能běnnéng · instinct本事běnshi · ability变故biàngù · misfortune辩证biànzhèng · dialectical弊病bìbìng · drawback弊端bìduān · abuse比方bǐfang · example

FAQs

变迁 (biànqiān) means “changes” or “transition”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biànqiān: biàn with a 4th tone, then qiān with a 1st 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, 变迁 is written 變遷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianqian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 变迁 from the suggestions. Typing bianqian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
变迁 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.