化 huà, huā — to change; to transform; to convert; to turn
化
Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #132
huà hua4
Basic definition
verb
Detailed explanation
verb
- (古字为“匕”。会意。甲骨文,从二人,象二人相倒背之形,一正一反,以示变化。本义:变化,改变)
- turn;change e.g 化现 · 化心 · 化先 · 化治
- help (a misguided or erring person) to change by education,persuasion,setting an example,etc. e.g 化声 · 化行 · 化诲 · 化雨 · 化作 · 化物 · 化胎 · 化气 · 化光 · 化向 · 化流
- help to change by persuasion e.g 化俗 · 化物 · 化服 · 化盗
- collect alms e.g 化钱 化饭 · 化布施 · 化斋
- burn up e.g 火化 化人场
- digest e.g 食古不化 化食
- die
- eliminate;get rid of
noun
- convention;custom
- Nature e.g 化力 · 化元 · 化功 · 化儿
- chemistry e.g 数理化
huā hua1
Related words
- 文化 culture; civilization; cultural
- 变化 to change; change; transformation; variation
- 现代化 modernization; to modernize; modernized
- 深化 deepen/intensify
- 转化 to transform; to convert; to change over
- 强化 to strengthen/to intensify
- 优化 optimization/to optimize/to make superior
- 产业化 to industrialize; to develop into an industry; industrialization
- 绿化 to reforest; to green
- 化学 chemistry; chemical
- 信息化 informatization; to be computerized/digitalized
- 工业化 to industrialize/industrialization
- 一体化 to integrate; to unify
- 规范化 to standardize/standardization
- 社会化 to socialize; to become socialized; to be provided as a public service
- 恶化 to worsen; to deteriorate; to aggravate; to take a turn for the worse; deteriora
- 化肥 chemical fertilizer
- 化工 chemical industry; chemical engineering
- 化解 to dissolve/to resolve (contradictions)/to dispel (doubts)/to iron out (difficul
- 多元化 diversification/pluralism/to diversify