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化

huà

HSK 3 Character

What 化 means

1. to make into
2. to change into
3. -ization
4. to ... -ize
5. to transform
6. abbr. for {化学|huà xué}

Other readings

化 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huāvariant of {花|huā}

Example sentences

• 简化。
  Simplify.
• 雪化了。
  The snow is melted.
• 你读化学吗？
  Nǐ dú huàxué ma?
  Are you a chemistry student?
• 她化着浓妆。
  Tā huà zhe nóngzhuāng.
  She wears a lot of makeup.
• 我讨厌化学。
  I hate chemistry.
• 冰融化成水。
  Ice melts to become water.

Words starting with 化

• 化学huà xuéchemistry; chemical
• 化妆huà zhuāngto put on makeup
• 化石huà shífossil
• 化验huà yànchemical examination; to do a lab test
• 化肥huà féichemical fertilizer
• 化妆品huà zhuāng pǐncosmetic; makeup product
• 化工huà gōngchemical industry (abbr. for 化学工业; chemical engineering (abbr. for 化学工程
• 化名huà míngto go by an alias; to assume a false name; alias; pseudonym; assumed name
• 化解huà jiěto dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts)
• 化身huà shēnincarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea)
• 化作huà zuòto change into; to turn into; to become
• 化装huà zhuāng(of actors) to make up; to disguise oneself
• 化疗huà liáochemotherapy
• 化纤huà xiānman-made fiber (abbr. for 化学纤维
• 化工厂huà gōng chǎngchemical factory; chemical plant
• 化学系huà xué xìdepartment of chemistry
• 化妆师huà zhuāng shīmake-up artist; (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
• 化合物huà hé wùchemical compound
• 化为乌有huà wéi wū yǒu(idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish
• 化学品huà xué pǐnchemicals
• 化学家huà xué jiāchemist
• 化脓huà nóngto fester; to suppurate; to be infected
• 化学武器huà xué wǔ qìchemical weapon
• 化学反应huà xué fǎn yìngchemical reaction

Words containing 化

• 文化wén huàculture; civilization; cultural
• 变化biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
• 消化xiāo huàto digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
• 融化róng huàto melt; to thaw; to dissolve
• 恶化è huàto worsen
• 多元化duō yuán huàdiversification; pluralism; to diversify
• 简化jiǎn huàto simplify
• 进化jìn huàto evolve (biologically, technologically etc); evolution
• 潜移默化qián yí mò huàimperceptible influence; to influence secretly
• 二氧化碳èr yǎng huà tàncarbon dioxide CO2
• 现代化xiàn dài huàmodernization
• 转化zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform; (chemistry) isomerization
• 强化qiáng huàto strengthen; to intensify
• 文化大革命Wén huà Dà gé mìngCultural Revolution (1966-1976)
• 优化yōu huàto optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff
• 信息化xìn xī huàinformatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)
• 国际化guó jì huàto internationalize; internationalization
• 全球化quán qiú huàglobalization
• 绿化lǜ huàto make green with plants; to reforest; (net slang) Islamization
• 深化shēn huàto deepen; to intensify
• 个性化gè xìng huàto personalize; to customize; customization
• 自动化zì dòng huàto automate
• 净化jìng huàto purify
• 一体化yī tǐ huàto integrate; to unify

Characters that look like 化

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more adj. than noun; ratio
• 犯fànto violate; to offend; to assault
• 叱chìto scold; shout at; to hoot at
• 亿yì100 million

Sounds the same

Read huà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 话dialect; language; spoken words
• 画to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 划to delimit; to transfer; to assign
• 桦(botany) birch (genus Betula)
• 婳tranquil
• 摦wide; broad
• 繣obstinate; perverse
• 华Mount Hua 华山; surname Hua
• 畵variant of 画