变化

Character by character

• 变biàn8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 變change, transform, alter; rebel
• 化huà4 strokesHSK 3change, convert, reform; -ize

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 时代在变化。

  Shí dài zài biàn huà

  Times are changing.

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• 社会在变化。

  Shè huì zài biàn huà

  Society is changing.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 变化. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 变biànHSK 2

  to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion

• 改变gǎi biànHSK 2

  to change; to alter; to transform

• 变成biàn chéngHSK 2

  to change into; to turn into; to become

• 文化wén huàHSK 3

  culture; civilization; cultural

• 化huàHSK 3

  to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学

• 转变zhuǎn biànHSK 3

  to change; to transform; shift; transformation

• 化学huà xué

  chemistry; chemical

• 化妆huà zhuāngHSK 7

  to put on makeup

• 消化xiāo huàHSK 4

  to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

• 变形biàn xíngHSK 6

  to become deformed; to change shape; to morph

• 恶化è huàHSK 7

  to worsen

• 变动biàn dòngHSK 5

  to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation

• 转化zhuǎn huàHSK 5

  to change; to transform; isomerization (chemistry)

• 进化jìn huàHSK 5

  evolution

• 强化qiáng huàHSK 6

  to strengthen; to intensify

• 变为biàn wéiHSK 3

  to change into

• 净化jìng huàHSK 7

  to purify

• 变异biàn yìHSK 7

  variation

• 融化róng huàHSK 7

  to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse

• 变革biàn géHSK 7

  to transform; to change

• 演变yǎn biànHSK 7

  to develop; to evolve; development; evolution

• 化验huà yànHSK 7

  chemical examination; to do a lab test

• 变更biàn gēngHSK 6

  to change; to alter; to modify

• 化身huà shēnHSK 7

  incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification