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化 (faa3) — customs and habits in Cantonese

faa˗₃化
Mandarin Pinyin: hua4

Meaning of 化

nouncustoms and habits
nounbeg alms
nounchange; transform; convert
noun-ize; -ify; -ate; -en’ (forming verbs from nouns and adjectives)
nounmelt; dissolve; reduce
noun(verb) to get over with something; to accept difficulties, facts and unpleasant reality; (verb) 1. melt; (verb) panhandle

Example Sentences with 化

醫生，我要不要化驗血？
Doctor, do I need to have a blood test?
佢已經練到出神入化的境界
He has already attained the level of perfection through training.
haauˊ²考guˊ²古hokˍ₆學haiˍ₆係jatˉ¹一munˎ₄門jinˎ₄研gau˗₃究janˎ₄人leoiˍ₆類manˎ₄文faa˗₃化tungˎ₄同likˍ₆歷siˊ²史ge˗₃嘅hokˍ₆學foˉ¹科
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history
有個人喺九龍花園搵到個化石
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.
我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
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Words Containing 化

硬化瀝青ngaang6 faa3 lik6 ceng1
manjak (the blackest of asphalts)
農業集體化nung4 jip6 zaap6 tai2 faa3
collectivisation of agriculture (under communism)
消化酶siu1 faa3 mui4
digestive enzyme
神神化化san4 san4 faa3 faa3
strange, unusual; funny, ridiculous
化纖faa3 cim1
synthetic fiber
吳化方言ng4 faa3 fong1 jin4
Wuchuan division of Yue dialects
化學藥品faa3 hok6 joek6 ban2
chemical
使法國化sai2 faat3 gwok3 faa3
Frenchify
安定化on1 ding6 faa3
stabilization
個性化go3 sing3 faa3
personalized; individuation
文化差異man4 faa3 caa1 ji6
cultural disparity / diversity
使硬化sai2 ngaang6 faa3
harden

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