變通 [变－]

Jyutping bin3 tung1
Pinyin biàn tōng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. pragmatic
  2. flexible
  3. to act differently in different situations
  4. to accommodate to circumstances
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    可以​因應​情況​唔​同​而​改變​自己​去​適應
    to be flexible; to make adaptations
    • 靈活變通
      灵活变通
      ling4 wut6 bin3 tung1
      to adapt flexibly
    • 做嘢要識得變通，唔好一成不變。
      做嘢要识得变通，唔好一成不变。
      zou6 je5 jiu3 sik1 dak1 bin3 tung1, m4 hou2 jat1 sing4 bat1 bin3.
      We have to be flexible when doing anything; we must not be rigid.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be flexible (when dealing with matters); to accommodate to circumstances
    (syn.) 回旋, 变, 通变, 通變, 通融, 移斡, 變
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    年轻人变通得快。
    年輕人變通得快。
    nián qīng rén biàn tōng dé kuài 。
    • The young adapt to change easily.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你份人真系好𠽤啊，一啲都唔识变通嘅。
    你份人真係好𠽤啊，一啲都唔識變通嘅。
    nei5 fan6 jan4 zan1 hai6 hou2 kik1 aa3, jat1 di1 dou1 m4 sik1 bin3 tung1 ge3.
    • You are really stubborn. You don't know how to think in other way.
  2. Cantonese
    𠮶个教授系一个老学究，都唔识变通。
    嗰個教授係一個老學究，都唔識變通。
    go2 go3 gaau3 sau6 hai6 jat1 go3 lou5 hok6 gau3, dou1 m4 sik1 bin3 tung1.
    • That professor is an old by-the-book scholar. He's so inflexible.
  3. Cantonese
    灵活变通
    靈活變通
    ling4 wut6 bin3 tung1
    • to adapt flexibly
  4. Cantonese
    做嘢要识得变通，唔好一成不变。
    做嘢要識得變通，唔好一成不變。
    zou6 je5 jiu3 sik1 dak1 bin3 tung1, m4 hou2 jat1 sing4 bat1 bin3.
    • We have to be flexible when doing anything; we must not be rigid.