化 huà
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verb
to make into; to change into; to transform
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Change
Notes: In this sense 化 is similar in meaning to 变化 (CC-CEDICT '化'; Guoyu '化' v 1; Kroll 2015 '化' 1, p. 168; Unihan '化'; XHZD '化' 1, p. 287) -
suffix
-ization
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A nominal suffix indicating change, for example, in 老化 'aging' 腐化 'corruption' and 现代化 'modernization' (CC-CEDICT '化'; Guoyu '化' v 8; Sun 2006, loc. 714; Unihan '化'; XHZD '化' 5, p. 287) -
verb
to convert; to persuade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 教化 (Guoyu '化' n 1; Kroll 2015 '化' 2, p. 168) -
verb
to manifest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '化' 3, p. 168) -
verb
to collect alms
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 化 is similar in meaning to 募化 (Guoyu '化' v 7; XHZD '化' 4, p. 287) -
verb
[of Nature] to create
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 造化 (Guoyu '化' v 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 523) -
verb
to die
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 化 is similar in meaning to 死 (Guoyu '化' v 4; Kroll 2015 '化' 4, p. 168) -
verb
to dissolve; to melt
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 溶化 (Guoyu '化' v 5) -
verb
to revert to a previous custom
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '化' v 3) -
noun
chemistry
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Chemistry
Notes: In this sense 化 is similar in meaning to 化学 (Guoyu '化' n 2; XHZD '化' 3, p. 287) -
verb
to burn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 火化 (Guoyu '化' v 6) -
verb
to spend
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As a variant of 花 (XHZD '化' huā, p. 285) -
verb
to manifest
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nirmita, Pali: nimmita, Japanese: ke, Tibetan: sprul pa; to create something through magical powers or through illusion (BCSD '化', p. 212; BL 'nirmita', p. 588; FGDB '化'; Kroll 2015 '化' 3, p. 168; Mahāvyutpatti 'nirmitaḥ'; SH '化', p. 140) -
verb
to convert
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: To convert someone through teaching of the Dharma for their salvation (FGDB '化')
Contained in
- 化法四教 four types of transformative teaching; Tiantai sijiao
- 应化非真(應化非真) apparitions are not true
- 人间佛教本土化(人間佛教本土化) Localization of Humanistic Buddhism
- 观自在菩萨化身蘘麌哩曳童女销伏毒害陀罗尼经(觀自在菩薩化身蘘麌哩曳童女銷伏毒害陀羅尼經) Jāṅgulīnāmavidyā; Guanzizai Pusa Huashen Rang Yu Li Ye Tong Nu Xiao Fu Duhai Tuoluoni Jing
- 五观若明金易化 三心未了水难消(五觀若明金易化 三心未了水難消) If the Five Contemplations are fully practiced, even gold is easily consumed; Shall the Three Minds remain unaware, even water becomes indigestible.
- 化佛 a Buddha image
- 行善与教化(行善與教化) Doing good and teaching good
- 现代化(現代化) modernization ; modernize
- 化城喻品 The Simile of the Phantom City
Also contained in
四个现代化 、 拟人化 、 化妆室 、 化学师 、 卤化银 、 怀化 、 彰化县 、 四氟化铀 、 急性氰化物中毒 、 城市化 、 良渚文化 、 优化 、 碳化钙 、 功率恶化 、 化州市 、 女性化 、 过氧化 、 德化 、 一氧化二氮 、 氯化物 、 有机化学 、 内化 、 简化字总表 、 汉文化 、 镕化 、 核化学 、 隆化 、 正常化 、 氢氧化钾 、 天下文化出版公司 、 汉字文化圈 、 最佳化 、 硅化木 、 消化液 、 具体化 、 抄化 、 可视化 、 圣化 、 第五个现代化 、 人德化 、 德化县 、 自动化
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 27 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 157
- Scroll 7 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 121
- Scroll 135 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 113
- Scroll 2 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 107
- Scroll 397 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 105 , has parallel version
- Scroll 27 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 104
- Scroll 2 Ren Wang Bore Jing Shu 仁王般若經疏 — count: 102
- Scroll 2 Ren Wang Hu Guo Boreluomi Jing Shu 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 — count: 97
- Scroll 9 Fa Hua Xuan Lun 法華玄論 — count: 97
- Scroll 15 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 95
Collocations
- 治化 (治化) 但當以正法治化 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 89
- 化自在 (化自在) 他化自在欲欲生 — Reciting in Concert (Daji Famen Jing) 大集法門經, Scroll 1 — count: 18
- 化种 (化種) 化種龍 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 3 — count: 9
- 化成 (化成) 此身色四大化成彼身 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 7
- 法治化 (法治化) 王自在以法治化 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 7
- 神变化 (神變化) 乃至天人見神變化乃取滅度 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
- 清净化 (清凈化) 姓直清淨化 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 7
- 瞿昙化 (瞿曇化) 恐優婆離居士受沙門瞿曇化 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 32 — count: 7
- 化天下 (化天下) 以道化天下 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 道化 (道化) 以道化天下 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5