变迁
biànqiān
change; transition; historical evolution
Characters in this word
迁 qiān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 千 thousand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 城市空间的变迁往往比政策文本更能反映时代的脉搏。 Chéngshì kōngjiān de biànqiān wǎngwǎng bǐ zhèngcè wénběn gèng néng fǎnyìng shídài de màibó. Changes in urban space often reflect the pulse of the times more vividly than policy documents.
- 这个小镇几十年来的变迁真大，老房子几乎都不见了。 Zhège xiǎozhèn jǐ shí nián lái de biànqiān zhēn dà, lǎo fángzi jīhū dōu bú jiàn le. This small town has changed enormously over the decades, and almost all the old houses are gone.
- 爷爷常给我讲家乡的变迁，说以前这里全是田地。 Yéye cháng gěi wǒ jiǎng jiāxiāng de biànqiān, shuō yǐqián zhèlǐ quán shì tiándì. Grandpa often tells me how his hometown has changed, saying this place used to be all fields.
Related words
- 变 biàn to change; to become
- 变成 biànchéng to turn into; to become
- 改变 gǎibiàn to change
- 变化 biànhuà change
- 变为 biànwéi to turn into
- 转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change; change
- 变动 biàndòng change
- 变质 biànzhì to go bad, to deteriorate
- 变革 biàngé to transform; transformation; reform
- 变更 biàngēng to change; to alter; change
- 变故 biàngù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- 变换 biànhuàn to change; to transform; to vary