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变格

biàn gé

2-character word Traditional 變格

What 变格 means

1. case change (in grammar)

The characters in 变格

• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…

Example sentences

• 有些外来语和人名在俄语中没有变格，通常取决于词尾和性别。
  Some foreign words and names are not declined in Russian, usually depending on the ending and gender.
• 因此，除了名词的变格之外，也存在比现代英语多的动词的各种变型。
  Yīncǐ, chúle míngcí de biàngé zhīwài, yě cúnzài bǐ xiàndài Yīngyǔ duō de dòngcí de gèzhǒng biàn xíng.
  Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English.

Sounds the same

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

• 变革to transform; to change