biến thân

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 變身, composed of 變 (“change”) and 身 (“body”), Japanese 変身 (henshin, “transformation; shapeshifting”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˦ tʰən˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥ tʰəŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ tʰəŋ˧˧] === Noun === biến thân (fiction) transformation === Verb === biến thân (fiction) to transform, to shapeshift