变 (biàn) means Change (become - transform). Below are 24 of the 72 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
未来几天会 变 冷。
Wèilái jǐ tiān huì biàn lěng.
It will turn cold over the next few days.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 未来
考试的形式 变 了。
Kǎoshì de xíngshì biàn le.
The format of the exam has changed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形式
语言在不断演 变 。
Yǔyán zài búduàn yǎnbiàn.
Language is constantly evolving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 演变
他彻底改 变 了自己。
Tā chèdǐ gǎibiàn le zìjǐ.
He completely changed himself.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 彻底
年轻人的观念 变 了。
Niánqīng rén de guānniàn biàn le.
Young people's ideas have changed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 观念
汇率每天都有 变 化。
Huìlǜ měi tiān dōu yǒu biànhuà.
The exchange rate changes every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 汇率
云的形状一直在 变 。
Yún de xíngzhuàng yìzhí zài biàn.
The shape of the clouds keeps changing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形状
近来天气 变 化很大。
Jìnlái tiānqì biànhuà hěn dà.
The weather has changed a lot recently.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 近来
不能任意改 变 规则。
Bù néng rènyì gǎibiàn guīzé.
The rules cannot be changed at will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 任意
不能擅自改 变 计划。
Bù néng shànzì gǎibiàn jìhuà.
The plan may not be changed without authorisation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 擅自
熬夜会导致身体 变 差。
Áoyè huì dǎozhì shēntǐ biàn chà.
Staying up late leads to worse health.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 导致
这项发明改 变 了生活。
Zhè xiàng fāmíng gǎibiàn le shēnghuó.
This invention changed the way we live.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 发明
困难让他 变 得更坚强。
Kùnnan ràng tā biàn de gèng jiānqiáng.
Hardship made him stronger.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 坚强
他不会轻易改 变 主意。
Tā bú huì qīngyì gǎibiàn zhǔyi.
He does not change his mind easily.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 轻易
这几年这里转 变 很大。
Zhè jǐ nián zhèlǐ zhuǎnbiàn hěn dà.
This place has changed a lot in recent years.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 转变
天边的云 变 成了紫色。
Tiānbiān de yún biàn chéng le zǐsè.
The clouds on the horizon turned purple.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 紫
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From the graded readers
以前的小路 变 成了很宽的马路。
yǐqián de / dì xiǎo lù biànchéng le / liǎo / liào hěn kuān de / dì mǎlù.
The little lane had become a wide road.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
这么一想，问题就 变 得很简单了。
zhème yī xiǎng, wèntí jiù biànde hěn jiǎndān le / liǎo / liào.
Put like that, the question became very simple.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
原来在这个什么都 变 了的地方，还有人记得我。
yuánlái zài zhège shénme dōu biàn le / liǎo / liào de / dì dìfang, háiyǒu rén jìde wǒ.
So in this place where everything had changed, someone still remembered me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
慢慢地，八分钟 变 成了二十分钟，二十分钟 变 成了一个小时。
mànmàn dì / de, bā fēnzhōng biànchéng le / liǎo / liào èrshí fēnzhōng, èrshí fēnzhōng biànchéng le / liǎo / liào yīgè xiǎoshí.
Slowly, eight minutes became twenty, and twenty became an hour.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
变 appears in 72 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 变
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Questions about 变
How is 变 used in a sentence?
This page shows 72 sentences using 变 (biàn, "Change (become - transform)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 变 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 变 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 变?
The dictionary page for 变 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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