DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

變化球

简变化球 · 繁變化球

Mandarin · pinyin biàn huà qiú

(baseball) breaking ball
(fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

變: Look up this written character
化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize
球: qiú · ball, sphere, globe; round
变: biàn · change, transform, alter; rebel

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–2 · bian4 hua4 qiu2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

變化球 · find source passages ↗ · 变化球 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗