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变异

biàn yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 變異

变异 (biàn yì) means "variation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 变异 means

1. variation

The characters in 变异

• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-

Example sentences

• 病毒开始变异了。
  The virus is starting to mutate.

Words starting with 变异

• 变异株biàn yì zhūvariant; variant strain (of virus)

Sounds the same

Read biàn yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 便意an urge to defecate

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