5. 变化 biànhuà · OLD HSK 3 / NEW HSK 3
n. 名词 míngcí ▸ change ; variation ; transformation
- Tāmen de guānxì fāshēng le biànhuà.
Tāmen de guānxì chūxiàn le biànhuà.
Tāmen de guānxì yǒu le biànhuà.
Tāmen de guānxì méi yǒu biànhuà.
他们的关系发生了变化。
他们的关系出现了变化。
他们的关系有了变化。
他们的关系没有变化。
Their relationship (has) “happened” changes.
Their relationship (has) emerged changes.
Their relationship (has) had changes.
Their relationship (did) not have changes.
- Zhè ge dìfang de biànhuà hěn xiǎo, hái gēn jǐ shí nián qián yíyàng.
这个地方的变化很小,还跟几十年前一样。
(The) changes (of) this “ge” (of) place (have been) very small, (it is) still the same with several ten years ago.
- Diànnǎo de chūxiàn gěi rénmen de shēnghuó dài lai le hěn dà de biànhuà.
电脑的出现给人们的生活带来了很大的变化。
(The) “emergence” (of) computers (has) brought-(coming)-over very big changes for people’s lives.
v. 动词 dòngcí ▸ to change; to transform
- Xiànzài rénmen de shēnghuó biànhuà de hěn kuài.
现在人们的生活变化得很快。
Nowadays people’s lives change very fast.
- Tā juéde, shìqing zhèngzài biànhuà.
他觉得,事情正在变化。
He feels (that), things “are” changing.
6. 变 biàn · - / -
v. 动词 dòngcí ▸ (colloquial) to change; to transform
- Nǐ de shēngyīn zěnme biàn le?
你的声音怎么变了?
How-come your voice (has) changed?
- Nǐ biàn le, méi yǒu yǐqián nàme ’ài wǒ le.
你变了,没有以前那么爱我了。
You (have) changed, (you do) not love me as (you did in the) past.
We can also use this structure (where the adj. is used as the 结果补语 Jiéguǒ Bǔyǔ Complement of Result of verb 变):
变 + adj.
- biàn dà
biàn xiǎo
变大
变小
to change (with the result of) (turning) big
to change (with the result of) (turning) small
- biàn hǎo
biàn chà
变好
变差
to change (with the result of) (turning) good
to change (with the result of) (turning) bad
- biàn yǒumíng
biàn piàoliang
变有名
变漂亮
to change (with the result of) (becoming) famous
to change (with the result of) (becoming) pretty
- Wǒ xiǎng biàn yǒuqián.
我想变有钱。
I want to change-(with the result of)-(becoming)-rich.
- Tiānqì mǎshàng jiù yào biàn lěng le, wǒ xiǎng dào nánfāng qù shēnghuó jǐ ge yuè.
天气马上就要变冷了,我想到南方去生活几个月。
(The) weather right-away soon will change-(with the result of)-(becoming)-cold, I want to arrive the-south to go to live (for) several “ge” (of) months.
变化 vs. 变
变化 can be used as a verb and a noun; 变 can only be used as a verb.
变 can be followed by an adjective that is used as the Complement of Result; 变化 cannot be used in such structure.