化作

Chinese

		to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make
trad. (化作)		化	作
simp. #(化作)		化	作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ zok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàzuò
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: hwà-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahtzuoh
    • Palladius: хуацзо (xuaczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa³ zok³
    • Yale: fa jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa³ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː³³ t͡sɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: xwaeH tsuH|tsaH|tsak

Rime
Character	化	作	作	作
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	精 (13)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	模 (23)	歌 (94)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I	I	I
Fanqie	呼霸切	臧祚切	則箇切	則落切
Baxter	xwaeH	tsuH	tsaH	tsak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠuaH/	/t͡suoH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚaH/	/t͡suoH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuaH/	/t͡soH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨH/	/t͡sɔH/	/t͡saH/	/t͡sak̚/
Li Rong	/xuaH/	/t͡soH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xwaH/	/t͡suH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwaH/	/t͡suoH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huà	zù	zuò	zuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa3	zou3	zo3	zok3

Verb

化作

1. to become; to change into; to turn into

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “化作” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].