变异 (biàn yì) — to mutate (in biology, genetics); to vary; to change (in a general sense)

Definition

Examples

• 病毒会不断变异，所以疫苗需要更新。
  Bìng dú huì bú duàn biàn yì, suǒ yǐ yì miáo xū yào gēng xīn.
  Viruses keep mutating, so vaccines need to be updated.
• 这种基因在特定条件下容易变异。
  Zhè zhǒng jī yīn zài tè dìng tiáo jiàn xià róng yì biàn yì.
  This gene tends to mutate under certain conditions.
• 计划突然变异了，我们得重新调整。
  Jì huà tū rán biàn yì le, wǒ men dé chóng xīn tiáo zhěng.
  The plan suddenly changed, and we had to readjust.