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驯化

xùn huà

2-character word Traditional 馴化

What 驯化 means

1. to tame
2. to domesticate

The characters in 驯化

• 驯xùnto attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. xún
• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization

Example sentences

• 狗的驯化史至少有四万年。
  Dogs have been domesticated for at least 40,000 years.

Sounds the same

Read xùn huà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 训话to admonish subordinates