Chinese symbol for “transformation”
转变
zhuǎn biàn
Traditional: 轉變
to change; to transform; shift; transformation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transformation is 转变 (zhuǎn biàn), defined as: to change; to transform; shift; transformation; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “transformation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变换 (變換) | biàn huàn | to transform; to convert |
| 蜕变 (蛻變) | tuì biàn | to transform; to morph |
| 幻化 | huàn huà | to be transformed; to metamorphose |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 转变.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 转移 (轉移) | zhuǎn yí | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) |
| 转型 (轉型) | zhuǎn xíng | to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product) |
| 转化 (轉化) | zhuǎn huà | to change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform |
| 转向 (轉向) | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction; fig. to change one's stance |
| 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 “transformation”.
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.