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变化

biàn huà

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 變化

变化 (biàn huà) means "(intransitive) to change; to vary". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 变化 means

1. (intransitive) to change; to vary
2. change; variation

The characters in 变化

• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization

Example sentences

• 时代在变化。
  Times are changing.
• 社会在变化。
  Society is changing.
• 有些东西在变化。
  Something is changing.
• 价格根据需求变化。
  The price varies with demand.
• 本周天气变化无常。
  This week the weather was very unpredictable.
• 变化太小，察觉不出来。
  Biànhuà tài xiǎo, chájué bù chūlái.
  The change is too small to be observed.

Words starting with 变化

• 变化多端biàn huà duō duānchangeable; changing; varied
• 变化球biàn huà qiú(baseball) breaking ball; (fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events
• 变化无常biàn huà wú cháng(idiom) changeable; fickle
• 变化音biàn huà yīn(music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)
• 变化莫测biàn huà mò cèunpredictable; changeable

Words containing 变化

• 化学变化huà xué biàn huàchemical change; chemical transformation
• 意义变化yì yì biàn huàchange of meaning
• 气候变化qì hòu biàn huàclimate change
• 联合国气候变化框架公约Lián hé guó Qì hòu Biàn huà Kuàng jià Gōng yuēUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Where 变化 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Achievement, Change & Progress (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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