Chinese symbol for “chameleon”
变色龙
biàn sè lóng
Traditional: 變色龍
(lit. and fig.) chameleon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chameleon is 变色龙 (biàn sè lóng), defined as: (lit. and fig.) chameleon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “chameleon”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 变色龙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
| 变成 (變成) | biàn chéng | to change into; to turn into |
| 变得 (變得) | biàn de | to become |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change; to transform |
| 变态 (變態) | biàn tài | to metamorphose (biology); abnormal |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 龙头 (龍頭) | lóng tóu | faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chameleon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.