HSK 6 · Verbs

变质 biànzhì “to go bad” in Chinese

Traditional 變質

What 变质 means

  1. to go bad
  2. to deteriorate
  3. to degenerate
  4. (of food) to go bad
  5. to go off
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (geology) metamorphism

How to say 变质

  • 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质zhì4th tone, falling

变质 in a sentence

  1. 牛奶变质了。

    Niúnǎi biànzhì le.

    The milk has gone bad.

    Sentence #891953 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 变质 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 质 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
质zhìcharacter
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 十ten · shíSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 变质

变 8 strokes · 质 8 strokes

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

Words related to 变质

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变故biàngù · misfortune变迁biànqiān · changes演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

Words with 质

质量zhìliàng · quality物质wùzhì · matter本质běnzhì · essence性质xìngzhì · nature气质qìzhì · temperament人质rénzhì · hostage地质dìzhì · geology品质pǐnzhì · quality实质shízhì · substance素质sùzhì · quality

More words: Common Verbs

蹦bèng · to jump迸发bèngfā · to burst out崩溃bēngkuì · to collapse遍布biànbù · to be found everywhere编织biānzhī · to knit憋biē · to hold in (breath并列bìngliè · to stand side by side濒临bīnlín · to be on the verge of

FAQs

变质 (biànzhì) means “to go bad” or “to deteriorate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biànzhì: biàn with a 4th tone, then zhì 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, 变质 is written 變質. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 变质 from the suggestions. Typing bianzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
变质 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.