化 (faa3 faa1 | hua4 hua1) : change, transform

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化

faa3 faa1

hua4 hua1

[1] [v] change; convert; transform; reform; influence [2] short for chemistry

Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 匕 (#21)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

化

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Jul 2009 15:35

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文化 man4 faa3 wen2 hua4 = civilization; culture; education; schooling; literacy

化學 faa3 hok6 hua4 xue2 = [1] chemistry; [2] ([粵] slang) flimsy, brittle

消化 siu1 faa3 xiao1 hua4 = to digest

化石 faa3 sek6 hua4 shi2 = fossil

氣化 hei3 faa3 qi4 hua4 = vapourise, vaporize, gasify, aerification

美化 mei5 faa3 = to beautify; to embellish

火化 fo2 faa3 huo3 hua4 = cremate; incinerate; cremation

威化餅 wai1 faa3 beng2 wei1 hua4 bing3 = a wafer biscuit; a waffle

變化 bin3 faa3 bian4 hua4 = to transform; transformation

大膽狂徒，光天化日之下，竟敢調戲良家婦女 daai6 daam2 kong4 tou4, gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6 zi1 haa6, ging2 gam2 tiu4 hei3 loeng4 gaa1 fu5 neoi5 = in broad daylight, flirt with a woman from a good home
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有個人喺九龍花園搵到個化石粵
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.

我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽粵
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
[Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]

醫生，我要不要化驗血？國
Doctor, do I need to have a blood test?

佢已經練到出神入化的境界
He has already attained the level of perfection through training.

考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科粵
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history

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Decimal representation of this word: 化
Unicode code for this character: U+5316 (off-site link)

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