| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 變 | 变 | biàn | to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion |
| 變暗 | 变暗 | biàn àn | darken |
| 變本加厲 | 变本加厉 | biàn běn jiā lì | become aggravated; be further intensified |
| 變成 | 变成 | biàn chéng | to change into; to turn into; to become |
| 變醜 | 变丑 | biàn chǒu | disfigure |
| 變得 | 变得 | biàn de | become; change into |
| 變電站 | 变电站 | biàn diàn zhàn | (transformer) substation |
| 變調 | 变调 | biàn diào | modified tone; tonal modification |
| 變動 | 变动 | biàn dòng | change; alteration |
| 變法 | 变法 | biàn fǎ | political reform |
| 變法兒 | 变法儿 | biàn fǎ er | try different ways |
| 變分法 | 变分法 | biàn fēn fǎ | calculus of variations |
| 變分原理 | 变分原理 | biàn fēn yuán lǐ | variational principle (math. phys.) |
| 變革 | 变革 | biàn gé | transform; change |
| 變更 | 变更 | biàn gēng | change; alter; modify |
| 變工 | 变工 | biàn gōng | exchange work |
| 變故 | 变故 | biàn gù | an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune |
| 變黑 | 变黑 | biàn hēi | darken |
| 變紅 | 变红 | biàn hóng | redden |
| 變厚 | 变厚 | biàn hòu | thicken |
| 變化 | 变化 | biàn huà | change; vary |
| 變幻 | 变幻 | biàn huàn | change irregularly; fluctuate |
| 變換 | 变换 | biàn huàn | vary; alternate; to convert |
| 變換設備 | 变换设备 | biàn huàn shè bèi | converter; conversion device |
| 變價 | 变价 | biàn jià | appraise at the current rate |
| 變焦距鏡頭 | 变焦距镜头 | biàn jiāo jù jìng tóu | zoom lens |
| 變節 | 变节 | biàn jié | make a political recantation; turn one's coat |
| 變臉 | 变脸 | biàn liǎn | suddenly turn hostile |
| 變量 | 变量 | biàn liàng | variable |
| 變流器 | 变流器 | biàn liú qì | converter |
| 變亂 | 变乱 | biàn luàn | turmoil; social upheaval |
| 變賣 | 变卖 | biàn mài | sell off (one's property) |
| 變暖 | 变暖 | biàn nuǎn | warming; changing to become warmer |
| 變頻 | 变频 | biàn pín | frequency conversion |
| 變遷 | 变迁 | biàn qiān | changes; vicissitudes |
| 變軟 | 变软 | biàn ruǎn | soften |
| 變色 | 变色 | biàn sè | change color; discolor; change countenance; become angry |
| 變色龍 | 变色龙 | biàn sè lóng | chameleon |
| 變數 | 变数 | biàn shù | variable |
| 變速 | 变速 | biàn sù | speed change; gear shift |
| 變態 | 变态 | biàn tài | metamorphosis; abnormal; anomalous |
| 變體 | 变体 | biàn tǐ | variant |
| 變天 | 变天 | biàn tiān | change of weather; restoration of reactionary rule |
| 變通 | 变通 | biàn tōng | be flexible; accommodate something to circumstances |
| 變溫層 | 变温层 | biàn wēn céng | troposphere; lower atmosphere |
| 變溫動物 | 变温动物 | biàn wēn dòng wù | poikilothermal (cold-blooded) animal |
| 變文 | 变文 | biàn wén | a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes) |
| 變戲法 | 变戏法 | biàn xì fǎ | perform conjuring tricks; conjure; juggle |
| 變相 | 变相 | biàn xiàng | in disguised form; covert |
| 變心 | 变心 | biàn xīn | cease to be faithful |
| 變星 | 变星 | biàn xīng | variable star |
| 變形 | 变形 | biàn xíng | be out of shape; become deformed; to morph |
| 變形蟲 | 变形虫 | biàn xíng chóng | amoeba |
| 變性 | 变性 | biàn xìng | denaturation |
| 變修 | 变修 | biàn xiū | become revisionist |
| 變壓器 | 变压器 | biàn yā qì | transformer |
| 變異 | 变异 | biàn yì | variation |
| 變硬 | 变硬 | biàn yìng | stiffen |
| 變質 | 变质 | biàn zhì | go bad; deteriorate; metamorphism |
| 變質岩 | 变质岩 | biàn zhì yán | metamorphic rock (geol.) |
| 變質作用 | 变质作用 | biàn zhì zuò yòng | metamorphism (geol.) |
| 變種 | 变种 | biàn zhǒng | mutation; variety; variant |
| 變奏 | 变奏 | biàn zòu | variation |
| 變奏曲 | 变奏曲 | biàn zòu qǔ | variation (music) |
| 變阻器 | 变阻器 | biàn zǔ qì | theostat |
| 兵變 | 兵变 | bīng biàn | mutiny |
| 病變 | 病变 | bìng biàn | pathological changes |
| 不變 | 不变 | bù biàn | unchanging; constant |
| 不變化 | 不变化 | bù biàn huà | invariably |
| 不變價格 | 不变价格 | bù biàn jià gé | fixed price; constant price |
| 不變資本 | 不变资本 | bù biàn zī běn | constant capital |
| 衰變 | 衰变 | cuī biàn | radioactive decay |
| 錯義突變 | 错义突变 | cuò yì tū biàn | missense mutation |
| 電致變色 | 电致变色 | diàn zhì biàn sè | electrochromism |
| 調變 | 调变 | diào biàn | to modulate |
| 多變 | 多变 | duō biàn | fickle |
| 放射性衰變 | 放射性衰变 | fàng shè xìng shuāi biàn | radioactive decay |
| 複變 | 复变 | fù biàn | (math.) complex variable |
| 複變函數 | 复变函数 | fù biàn hán shù | (math.) function of a complex variable |
| 複變函數論 | 复变函数论 | fù biàn hán shù lùn | (math.) theory of functions of a complex variable |
| 改變 | 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter; to transform |
| 改變形像 | 改变形像 | gǎi biàn xíng xiàng | transfiguration |
| 光速可變理論 | 光速可变理论 | guāng sù kě biàn lǐ lùn | variable speed of light |
| 核變形 | 核变形 | hé biàn xíng | nuclear deformation |
| 核聚變 | 核聚变 | hé jù biàn | fusion; nuclear fusion |
| 核裂變 | 核裂变 | hé liè biàn | atomic fission; nuclear fission; fission |
| 核轉變 | 核转变 | hé zhuǎn biàn | nuclear transformation; nuclear transmutation |
| 皇家印度海軍兵變 | 皇家印度海军兵变 | Huáng jiā Yìn dù hǎi jūn bīng biàn | The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny |
| 黃巾民變 | 黄巾民变 | Huáng jīn mín biàn | Yellow Turban Rebellion |
| 會變 | 会变 | huì biàn | variable |
| 吉他變調夾 | 吉他变调夹 | jí tā biàn diào jiā | capo |
| 漸變 | 渐变 | jiàn biàn | gradual change |
| 緊急應變 | 紧急应变 | jǐn jí yīng biàn | emergency management |
| 劇變 | 剧变 | jù biàn | (n) swingover |
| 聚變 | 聚变 | jù biàn | (nuclear) fusion |
| 聚變反應 | 聚变反应 | jù biàn fǎn yìng | nuclear fusion |
| 聚變武器 | 聚变武器 | jù biàn wǔ qì | fusion-type weapon |
| 均變論 | 均变论 | jūn biàn lùn | uniformitarianism |
| 可變 | 可变 | kě biàn | (adj) variable |
| 可裂變材料 | 可裂变材料 | kě liè biàn cái liào | fissile material |
| 離子變色 | 离子变色 | lí zǐ biàn sè | ionochromism |
| 聯合國氣候變化框架公約 | 联合国气候变化框架公约 | Lián hé guó Qì hòu Biàn huà Kuàng jià Gōng yuē | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| 連續變調 | 连续变调 | lián xù biàn diào | tone sandhi |
| 鏈式裂變反應 | 链式裂变反应 | liàn shì liè biàn fǎn yìng | chain reaction of nuclear fission |
| 量變 | 量变 | liàng biàn | quantitative change |
| 裂變材料 | 裂变材料 | liè biàn cái liào | fissionable material |
| 裂變產物 | 裂变产物 | liè biàn chǎn wù | fission products |
| 裂變碎片 | 裂变碎片 | liè biàn suì piàn | fission fragment |
| 裂變同位素 | 裂变同位素 | liè biàn tóng wèi sù | fissile isotope |
| 裂變武器 | 裂变武器 | liè biàn wǔ qì | fission weapon |
| 裂變炸彈 | 裂变炸弹 | liè biàn zhà dàn | fission bomb |
| 沒大改變 | 没大改变 | méi dà gǎi biàn | not significantly changed |
| 摩擦變色 | 摩擦变色 | mó cā biàn sè | tribochromism |
| 叛變 | 叛变 | pàn biàn | renegade; traitor; to betray one's country |
| 叛變的省份 | 叛变的省份 | pàn biàn de shěng fèn | renegade province (term PRC uses for Taiwan) |
| 氣候變化 | 气候变化 | qì hòu biàn huà | climate change |
| 全球變暖 | 全球变暖 | quán qiú biàn nuǎn | global warming |
| 全球氣候變暖 | 全球气候变暖 | quán qiú qì hòu biàn nuǎn | global warming |
| 熱核聚變反應 | 热核聚变反应 | rè hé jù biàn fǎn yìng | thermonuclear fusion reaction |
| 嬗變 | 嬗变 | shàn biàn | transmutation |
| 實變 | 实变 | shí biàn | (math.) real variable |
| 實變函數 | 实变函数 | shí biàn hán shù | (math.) function of a real variable |
| 實變函數論 | 实变函数论 | shí biàn hán shù lùn | (math.) theory of functions of a real variable |
| 事變 | 事变 | shì biàn | (n) unforseen event; incident |
| 衰變鏈 | 衰变链 | shuāi biàn liàn | decay chain |
| 衰變曲線 | 衰变曲线 | shuāi biàn qǔ xiàn | decay curves |
| 衰變熱 | 衰变热 | shuāi biàn rè | decay heat |
| 同治陝甘回變 | 同治陕甘回变 | Tóng zhì Shǎn gān huí biàn | Dungan revolt |
| 突變 | 突变 | tū biàn | sudden change; mutation |
| 突變理論 | 突变理论 | tū biàn lǐ lùn | (math.) catastrophe theory |
| 皖南事變 | 皖南事变 | wǎn nán shì biàn | New Fourth Army Incident |
| 無段自動變速箱 | 无段自动变速箱 | wú duàn zì dòng biàn sù xiāng | continuously variable transmission |
| 戊戌變法 | 戊戌变法 | Wù xū biàn fǎ | Hundred Days' Reform |
| 西安事變 | 西安事变 | Xī ān shì biàn | Xi'an Incident |
| 玄武門之變 | 玄武门之变 | Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn | Incident at Xuanwu Gate |
| 壓致變色 | 压致变色 | yā zhì biàn sè | piezochromism |
| 演變 | 演变 | yǎn biàn | to develop; to evolve |
| 衍變 | 衍变 | yǎn biàn | to develop; to evolve |
| 因變量和自變量 | 因变量和自变量 | yīn biàn liàng hé zì biàn liàng | dependent and independent variables |
| 應變 | 应变 | yìng biàn | to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes |
| 誘變劑 | 诱变剂 | yòu biàn jì | mutagen |
| 政變 | 政变 | zhèng biàn | coup d'etat |
| 政府間氣候變化專門委員會 | 政府间气候变化专门委员会 | Zhèng fǔ jiān Qì hòu Biàn huà Zhuān mén Wěi yuán huì | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| 質變 | 质变 | zhì biàn | (n) fundamental change |
| 置換突變 | 置换突变 | zhì huàn tū biàn | missense mutation |
| 轉變 | 转变 | zhuǎn biàn | change; transform |
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