Chinese word

变动

Pronunciation

Pinyinbiàn dòng

Meaning

  • nounchange

Example

最近价格变动很大。zuì jìn jià gé biàn dòng hěn dà

There have been big changes in prices recently.

Illustration for 变动 (change)

More examples

公司组织结构发生了变动。gōng sī zǔ zhī jié gòu fā shēng le biàn dòng

There have been changes in the company's organizational structure.

Core concept

A shift that moves a situation up or down in degree or from one state to another.

Common phrases

  • 价格变动jià gé biàn dòng

    price changes

  • 市场变动shì chǎng biàn dòng

    market fluctuations

  • 人员变动rén yuán biàn dòng

    personnel changes

Similar words

变化biàn huà: A change that happens as a thing or situation becomes different over time.
波动bō dòng: A repeated rise and fall in prices, numbers, or other values.
起伏qǐ fú: A pattern of changing between higher and lower levels of strength, activity, or success.

Definition in Chinese

表示事物情况发生波动或变更，既可指程度上的上下，也可指状态上的改变。biǎo shì shì wù qíng kuàng fā shēng bō dòng huò biàn gēng jì kě zhǐ chéng dù shàng de shàng xià yě kě zhǐ zhuàng tài shàng de gǎi biàn

Word origin

变动 (biàndòng, "change") combines 变 (biàn, "change") + 动 (dòng, "move"), joining the idea of becoming different with movement to suggest a situation in motion.

Usage tips

  • In everyday updates, this word often presents prices, plans, times, or arrangements as not fixed, so it is useful when the amount or state may still shift.

Other meanings

  • varyverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 变动性biàn dòng xìngvariabilitynoun
  • 变动幅度biàn dòng fú dùrange of variationnoun

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