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
- 释宣化(釋宣化) Venerable Hsuan Hua
- 全球中华文化经典读诵大会(全球中華文化經典讀誦大會) Global Chinese Cultural Classics Reading Competition
- 自我观照 但求诸己 自我更新 不断净化 自我实践 不假外求 自我离相 不计内外(自我觀照 但求諸己 自我更新 不斷淨化 自我實踐 不假外求 自我離相 不計內外) Reflect upon oneself, and seek the cause in oneself. Reinvent oneself, and continue to purify oneself. Live up to oneself, and never rely on others. Detach from oneself, and never discriminate.
- 幻化空身 body of empty illusion
- 化佛 a Buddha image
- 现代化(現代化) modernization ; modernize
- 佛法现代化(佛法現代化) the modernization of Dharma
- 化缘(化緣) the reason of a Buddha's or bodhisattva's coming to the world to teach ; the conditions or opportunity for transformation ; to collect alms
- 汝化为鸽(汝化為鴿) transform yourself into a dove
- 日本禅文化研究所(日本禪文化研究所) The Institute for Zen Studies
Also contained in
天下文化出版公司 、 化学键 、 红山文化 、 王化 、 坐标化 、 成化 、 怀化市 、 具体化 、 简单化 、 异化作用 、 非核化 、 合作化 、 化学信息素 、 生化武器 、 氯化钠 、 理化 、 氟化物 、 过份简单化 、 光化学 、 文化层 、 二氧化氮 、 文化资源 、 氧化镁 、 趋化作用 、 变化莫测 、 陈化 、 多样化 、 汽化 、 一般化 、 点化 、 城镇化 、 气候暖化 、 消化腺 、 防化救援 、 化开 、 中国文化 、 齐家文化 、 科学技术现代化 、 氧化锌 、 氯化铝 、 碘化银
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 27 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 160
- Scroll 7 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 125
- Scroll 135 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 119
- Scroll 27 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 106
- Scroll 2 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 106
- Scroll 397 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 105 , has parallel version
- Scroll 2 Ren Wang Bore Jing Shu 仁王般若經疏 — count: 102
- Scroll 9 Fa Hua Xuan Lun 法華玄論 — count: 99
- Scroll 2 Ren Wang Hu Guo Boreluomi Jing Shu 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 — count: 97
- Scroll 15 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 96
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 道化 (道化) 以道化天下 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 化天下 (化天下) 以道化天下 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5