转变 zhuǎnbiàn▶ cambio; cambiar

Stroke order

转变 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 转 — 8 strokes
• 变 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to change
2. to transform
3. shift
4. transformation

Related words

• 转告Contar, transmitir
• 转girar, turno
• 变故Desgracia
• 变质deteriorar
• 变迁Cambios
• 周转facturación, rotación

转变 is pronounced zhuǎnbiàn and means “cambio; cambiar”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 转变 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.