變聲

變聲

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (變聲)		變	聲
simp. (变声)		变	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ seng¹
• Min Bei (KCR): bi̿ng-siáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànsheng
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: byàn-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannsheng
    • Palladius: бяньшэн (bjanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ seng¹
    • Yale: bin sēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ seng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ séng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bi̿ng-siáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³ siaŋ⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇn^H  ɕiᴇŋ/

Rime
Character	變	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼眷切	書盈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇnH/	/ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛnH/	/ɕiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/piænH/	/ɕiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pianH/	/ɕiajŋ/
Li Rong	/pjɛnH/	/ɕiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭɛnH/	/ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛnH/	/ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biàn	shēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin3	sing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pro[n]-s  [l̥]eŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prons  qʰjeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	變	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biàn	shēng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjenH ›	‹ syeng ›
Old Chinese	/*pro[n]-s/	/*[l̥]eŋ/
English	change (v.)	sound (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	變	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8612	10514
Phonetic component		殸
Rime group	元	耕
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	變	聲
Old Chinese	/*prons/	/*qʰjeŋ/

Verb

變聲

1. to experience one’s voice breaking (deepening of the voice upon reaching puberty)
2. to change voice artificially
3. to speak with an altered voice due to being emotional

Derived terms

變聲器／变声器 (biànshēngqì)

變聲期／变声期 (biànshēngqī)