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优化

yōu huà

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 優化

优化 (yōu huà) means "to optimize". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 优化 means

1. to optimize
2. (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff

The characters in 优化

• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization

Example sentences

• 如果人生是凸的，那我们可以优化它。
  Rúguǒ rénshēng shì tū de, nà wǒmen kěyǐ yōuhuà tā.
  If human life is convex, we can optimize it.
• 我们优化了数据库索引，结果系统效率提高了50%。
  Wǒmen yōuhuà le shùjùkù suǒyǐn, jiéguǒ xìtǒng xiàolǜ tígāo le 50 pā.
  We have optimized the database indexing, and as a result, system efficiency has improved by 50%.

Words containing 优化

• 最优化zuì yōu huàoptimization (math.)
• 负优化fù yōu huàto degrade the performance of a sold product via a system update
• 被优化掉bèi yōu huà diàoto be made redundant

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