变成 (biàn chéng): meaning and stroke order
变成 (biàn chéng) means to change into, to turn into, to become.
变成
- Simplified
- 变成
- Traditional
- 變成
- Pinyin
- biàn chéng
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Stroke order of 变成
变
- biàn to change; to become different
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 變
Stroke by stroke
成
- Chéng surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- chéng to succeed; to finish
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 变成
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biàn chéng
Traditional 變成
- to change into
- to turn into
- to become
Radicals of the characters
- 变
- Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 8 strokes
- 成
- Radical 戈 (Kangxi radical 62) · 7 strokes · built from 戊 and 𠃌
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
变成 in our stories
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小鲤鱼听说，只要跳过龙门，就能变成龙。
xiǎo lǐyú tīngshuō zhǐyào tiàoguò Lóngmén jiù néng biànchéng lóng
The little carp heard that as long as it leaped over the Dragon Gate, it could become a dragon.
From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3
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袁媛有点儿担心：我们是不是慢慢变成陌生人了？
Yuán Yuán yǒudiǎnr dānxīn wǒmen shì bu shì mànmàn biànchéng mòshēngrén le
Yuan Yuan began to worry: are we slowly turning into strangers?
From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4
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四千多年前，黄河发了一场大洪水，房屋被冲走，田地变成了一片汪洋。
sìqiān duō nián qián Huáng Hé fā le yì cháng dà hóngshuǐ fángwū bèi chōng zǒu tiándì biànchéng le yí piàn wāngyáng
More than four thousand years ago the Yellow River flooded: houses were swept away and the fields became a vast sheet of water.
From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
Stories using 变成
- The little carp's decision HSK 3
- Twelve hours apart HSK 4
- Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
- The old man who lost his horse HSK 6
- Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6
- Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).