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化
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Definitions
- 1. to make into
- 2. to change into
- 3. -ization
- 4. to ... -ize
- 5. to transform
Example Sentences
1 shown簡 化 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 化
chloride
sodium iodide NaI
collectivization of agriculture (under communism)
gallium arsenide (GaAs)
nitrogen oxide
grade separation (civil engineering)
titanium dioxide
Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州[qú zhōu], Zhejiang
magnetic medium
biochemistry
petrochemical plant
to optimize
modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
carbon tetrachloride
air purifier
chemical energy
to quantize
nitrous oxide N2O
Hue, city in central Vietnam and capital of Thua Thien province
securitization ratio
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
see 仁化縣|仁化县[rén huà xiàn]
refinement
(Daoism) to die
to intensify
Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[zhāng jiā kǒu shì], Hebei
Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[zhāng jiā kǒu shì], Hebei
professionalization
Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
potassium hydroxide
digestive glands
to age (of person or object)
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
to stigmatize
emotional
to water down
carbide
to internationalize
paperless office
city of culture
benzoil peroxide
chemical warfare
carburetor
to industrialize
romanization
to formalize
to become rigid
silver halide (usually chloride) used to fix photos
diversification
reinforced glass
to polarize
to cremate
wafer (biscuit) (loanword)
organic chemistry
harden
Hualong Huizu Autonomous County in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
(intransitive) to change; to vary
changeable
sodium chloride NaCl
to emulsify
to make more youthful
to die in a seated posture (Buddhism)
liquefied petroleum gas
to solidify
hydrogen sulfide H2S
debasement; vulgarization
to personalize
digestive fluid
biochemist
weathering (of rocks)
hydrogen peroxide H2O2
living fossil
militarization
(Chinese phonetics) to rhotacize a syllable final; to apply r-coloring to the final of a syllable
Ninghua county in Sanming 三明[sān míng], Fujian
silicon tetrafluoride SiF4
polymer chemistry
oxidant
(agriculture) vernalization
oxide
liberalization
calcium phosphate (chemistry)
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
Zhanhu county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong
modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
to ossify
Tonghua county in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
to nationalize
Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology
electrochemistry
masquerade
to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
analytical chemistry
theatrical
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
Longhua county in Chengde 承德[chéng dé], Hebei
modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
(slang) (of a dialect) to be corrupted by Standard Mandarin
corrective influence
lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
cultural layer (in an archaeological dig)
to vaporize
to melt
Zhanhu county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong
Zunhua, county-level city in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei
same as 花子
antioxidant
decentralization
urbanization
communications automation
educational level
localization
cyanogen bromide
peroxide
drinking culture
to pupate
multipolar
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
semicivilized
to socialize
Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
(TCM) the extraction of impure fluid by the kidneys and the passing of it from the body by the bladder as urine
micromanagement
e-commerce (computing)
incubation period
brown oxidier
inorganic chemistry
carbamate
neocolonialization
to evolve
Xinhua city in Hunan
to cremate
romanization
biological weapon
(of a monk) to beg
biodiversity
carbohydrate
office automation
incubator
chemical laser
to dwarf
conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
good luck
chemical oxygen demand (an environmental indicator)
to use an alias
hydrocarbon
intercultural
automation
Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
chemical warhead
ammonium chloride
to objectify
normalized (statistics)
aging (population)
modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
assimilation
to format
Huade county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
potassium iodide
to maximize
to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism)
to make green with plants
boron trifluoride
sphere of cultural influence
to go up in smoke; to vanish
moderator
to make green with plants
atmospheric warming
hydrogenation
cultural history
automation
Suihua, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China
carbon disulfide
septic tank
chemical
stereotype
sodium cyanide NaCN
quantified logic
to marginalize
to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)
decency
to turn white-hot
Chunhua County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[xián yáng], Shaanxi
to enslave; to subjugate
radicalization
to come to the surface
Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN)
digestive system
warming
to demonize
miniaturization
desertification
atherosclerosis
wafer
security automation
chemical change
chemical element
urbanized area
catalyst
Standardization Administration of PRC (SAC)
to beg for food (of monks)
to specialize
hydroxide (e.g. caustic soda NaOH)
Huaihua prefecture-level city in Hunan
Zunhua County in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei, with the Eastern Qing tombs
plasticizer
oversimplification
equalizer (electronics, audio) (HK, Tw)
(literary) Nature; the Creator
to fester
to calcify
levitation (of Daoist immortal)
ferric chloride FeCl3
to rationalize
(of insects) to undergo metamorphosis
simplified Chinese character
climate warming
Hopkins-Nanjing Center
polarization
potassium chloride
industrialized country
to politicize
acute cyanide poisoning
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
potassium cyanide KCN
vitrification
Hualong Huizu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
uranium hexafluoride (UF6)
histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
activation analysis
to mechanize
to mummify
collectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory)
civilize
Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
Zhanghua or Changhua County in west Taiwan
chemical examination
Dahua Yao Autonomous County in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
chloropicrin
to masculinize
to intensify; to become acute; to come to a head
to make nuclear-free
fossil
Suihua, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China
regularity
infant formula
cultural palace
ordering (of a list, encyclopedia etc)
synthetic fiber
Ninghua county in Sanming 三明[sān míng], Fujian
Dahua Yao autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
nebulizer
to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
Huaihua county, Hunan
urbanization
to digitize
to come to nothing (idiom)
petrified wood (geology)
to give a more granular level of detail
fossil assemblage
standardization
Dongba culture of the Nakhi ethnic group of Lijiang 麗江|丽江 in northwest Yunnan
Dehua county in Quanzhou 泉州[quán zhōu], Fujian
chemical ammunition
Dunhua, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu], Jilin
chemist
Eastern and Western culture
incarnation
chemical weapon defense
to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
Anhua county in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[yì yáng], Hunan
to put on makeup
aged enzyme
to strengthen
spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
to sinicize
peroxide
modernization
to internationalize
dioxide
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Dehua county in Quanzhou 泉州[quán zhōu], Fujian
quantitative easing (finance)
zinc oxide
silicon dioxide (SiO2)
carbon dioxide CO2
petrochemistry
to localize
to distill
digestive tube
biochemistry
to digitize
fossil fuel
activation
sulfur dioxide SO2
mass-oriented
see 紅燈區|红灯区[hóng dēng qū]
carbon monoxide CO
Conghua, county-level city in Guangzhou 廣州|广州[guǎng zhōu], Guangdong
silver iodide
globalization
diversification
culture shock
aluminum oxide
to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ...; to regard (sth) as merely ...
Zhanghua or Changhua city in west Taiwan, capital of Changhua county
(Chinese phonetics) syllable final with r-coloring; rhotacized syllable final
surfactant
informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)
commodification
to spread out after being diluted or melted
myeloperoxidase (aka MPO) (molecular biology)
flavonoid (chemistry)
aluminum hydroxide
semiochemical
practice of allowing only one child per family
reactivator
Xinhua county in Loudi 婁底|娄底[lóu dǐ], Hunan
to change
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Chenghua, reign title of the eighth Ming emperor (reigned 1465-1487)
inverted sugar
careless
countless changes
(PRC) Ministry of Culture and Tourism
to split apart
cosmetic
synthetic fiber
privatization
to multiplex
reformatory
to cyclize
sunlight
chemistry
to make public; to bring into the open
cultural fever
to integrate; to unify
catabolism (biology)
naturalization
optimization (math.)
to melt in one's mouth
collectivization
to enlighten
hydrocyanic acid
to Westernize
biochemistry
specialization
aluminum chloride
to commercialize
Huazhou, county-level city in Maoming 茂名, Guangdong
Darwin's theory of evolution
gentrification
cosmogony
chemotherapy
nationalization
chemical analysis
calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2
organic compound
phenol (chemistry)
to localize (production)
to complicate
magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2
to deepen
to collect alms (Buddhism)
quantization (physics)
hydroxide
integration
calcium cyanamide
Huazhou, county-level city in Maoming 茂名, Guangdong
to personalize
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
to degenerate
to carbonize
to extend the scope
to soften
to sharpen
to oxidize
culture
chemical weapon
digestif
caustic soda
to feminize
melting point
chemical composition
chemical combination
generalization
background blurring (photography)
Suihua prefecture, Heilongjiang
nitric oxide
fertilizer
antichemical rescue
chemical compound
(idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved
to tame
modularity theory
World Heritage site
Longshan culture
to criminalize (an activity)
alienation (philosophy)
global warming (Taiwan and Hong Kong usage)
to become civilized
normalization
catalysis
to melt
chemical detection kit
electrification
globalization
alkylation
to be made redundant
zinc chloride
(music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)
cyanide
chemical colorimetry
manganese(iv) oxide
physics and chemistry
to age
to legalize
evolution
chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)
to dissolve
Hong Kong Cultural Center
(of actors) to make up
polarization
Chunhua County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[xián yáng], Shaanxi
(baseball) breaking ball
sanctify
climate change
Anhua county in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[yì yáng], Hunan
digestive tract
biological-chemical warfare agent
hardening of the arteries
(TCM) to rectify 氣|气[qì] and transform phlegm
to equalize
to renormalize
to defrost
(of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs
China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)
Hsinhua town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery
to sinicize
Xuanhua county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei
magnesium oxide MgO
(Chinese phonetics) erhua (the sound of the r-coloring of a syllable final)
bioactivity
carburetor
to be transformed
British Council
to minimize
conceptualization
hydrogen chloride HCl
atropinization
molecular biology
the full light of day (idiom)
(UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
nebulizer
to boil
(computing) currying
Huade county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
cultural tradition
to destigmatize
(idiom) changeable; fickle
to melt (of ice, metals etc)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
to rot
to purify
magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal
Renhua County, Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong
liquid gas
to magnetize
emulsifier
fluoride
uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)
calcium oxide, CaO
stabilization
atherosclerosis
modularity
esterification
to reach the pinnacle (of artistic skill)
to transform phlegm (TCM)
cultural heritage
visualization
Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東|山东[shān dōng]
physical chemistry
to liquefy
to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc)
Fenghu, county-level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[níng bō], Zhejiang
chemotherapy
chemical warfare agent
declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 \shoushika\)
Qijia neolithic culture, centered around the Gansu Corridor 河西走廊[hé xī zǒu láng] c. 2000 BC
Zhanghua or Changhua city and county in west Taiwan
clade (biology)
(UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
geochemistry
chemical weapons storage
to change into
corruption
cultural exchange
cirrhosis
chemical bond
cyanogen chloride CNCl
Longhua county in Chengde 承德[chéng dé], Hebei
to make more beautiful
subculture
wood jade (type of petrified wood)
Dunhua, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu], Jilin
normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
to adapt (an idea etc)
catalysis
collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)
chemical dosimeter
weaken
nitroglycerine
calcium chloride
subculture
skin toner
halide (i.e. fluoride, chloride, bromide etc)
vulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat)
multimedia education
chemical weapon
chemical property
chemical formula (e.g. water H2O)
to industrialize
(medicine) actinic keratosis, aka solar keratosis
carbon sequestration
to hydrate
polarization
to poison (usu. figuratively); to debase; to pervert; to harm
incubator
chemical factory; chemical plant
to harden
multiculturalism
fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà]
to petrify
Nanhua township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
multiple sclerosis
chemotherapy
dehumanization
power penalty
Conghua, county-level city in Guangzhou 廣州|广州[guǎng zhōu], Guangdong
to make basic or alkaline
chemical reaction
objectified
to concretize
to defame
former Tonghua prefecture, Jilin
valence (chemistry)
unpredictable
chemical engineering
othering
(computing) to initialize
Fenghua, county-level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[níng bō], Zhejiang
paperless
physical and chemical factors
hydrocarbon
coprolite
mercuric oxide (HgO)
specialization
denuclearization
Zunhua, county-level city in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei
indigestion
uranium oxide
to idealize
denudation
simplification
lateralization
chemicals
breeding
to halogenate
to refine
collectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory)
fluoridation
memoization (computing)
imperceptible influence
to standardize
phytochemical
to worsen
lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
Liangzhu (c. 3400-2250 BC), neolithic culture of Changjiang delta
to facilitate
catalase (enzyme)
non-fungible token (NFT)
Hopcalite canister
hydrofluoric acid
formalization
to decriminalize
Shanhua town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
chemical equation
purulent (containing pus)
chemical bomb
Hualong Huizu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
standardization
digestive enzyme
turquoise (gemstone)
to make divine
to convert to democracy; democratic transformation
arsine
sulfur hexafluoride
the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
Shanhua town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
collectivization (in Marxist theory)
chemist
(medicine) keratosis
systematization
cultural barrier
desertification
Huaihua prefecture-level city in Hunan
internalization
to crack (fractionally distill oil)
Xinghua, county-level city in Taizhou 泰州[tài zhōu], Jiangsu
to cure
photochemical effect
nitrogen dioxide
calcium carbide CaC2
phosphorous trichloride
vulgarization
to simplify
reactivation hypothesis
Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma (1971-), Chinese business magnate, CEO of Tencent
generalization (logic)
Xinghua, county-level city in Taizhou 泰州[tài zhōu], Jiangsu
(computing, math.) to optimize
beneficial influence of the sovereign
privatization
assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc)
to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
marketization
change of meaning
photochemistry
(linguistics) to rhotacize
dressing room
to digest (food)
silicon carbide
urbanization level (of a city or town)
chemicals
department of chemistry
atherosclerosis
Xinhua county in Loudi 婁底|娄底[lóu dǐ], Hunan
potassium bromide