Chinese symbol for “degeneration”
蜕变
tuì biàn
Traditional: 蛻變
to transform; to morph; to degenerate; metamorphosis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for degeneration is 蜕变 (tuì biàn), defined as: to transform; to morph; to degenerate; metamorphosis; transmutation; transformation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “degeneration”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蜕变.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜕皮 (蛻皮) | tuì pí | skin cast off during molting; exuvium |
| 蜕化 (蛻化) | tuì huà | (of insects) to undergo metamorphosis; (fig.) to be transformed |
| 蝉蜕 (蟬蛻) | chán tuì | cicada slough; fig. to free oneself |
| 蜕壳 (蛻殼) | tuì ké | to exuviate; to molt |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “degeneration”.
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.