化為

See also: 化为

Chinese

		to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (化為/化爲)		化	為/爲
simp. (化为)		化	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ wai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa-vì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàwéi
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-wei²
    • Yale: hwà-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahwei
    • Palladius: хуавэй (xuavɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa³ wai⁴
    • Yale: fa wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa³ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː³³ wɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa-vì
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa viˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa⁴ vi²
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁵⁵ vi¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xwaeH hjwe

Rime
Character	化	為
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	呼霸切	薳支切
Baxter	xwaeH	hjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠuaH/	/ɦˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚaH/	/ɦʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/xuaH/	/ɣiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨH/	/ɦjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/xuaH/	/ɣjue/
Wang Li	/xwaH/	/ɣǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwaH/	/wie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huà	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa3	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˤ<r>aj-s  ɢʷ(r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋʷraːls  ɢʷal/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	化	為
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huà	wéi
Middle Chinese	‹ xwæH ›	‹ hjwe ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰˁ<r>aj-s/	/*ɢʷ(r)aj/
English	transform	make, do, act as
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	化	為
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	5327
Phonetic component	化	爲
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	化	爲
Old Chinese	/*hŋʷraːls/	/*ɢʷal/
Notes		俗爲字

Verb

化為

1. to change into; to become

Derived terms

• 化為泡影／化为泡影 (huàwéi pàoyǐng)
• 化為烏有／化为乌有 (huàwéiwūyǒu)