西化

Chinese

		west	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (西化)		西	化
simp. #(西化)		西	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ faa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihuà
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hua⁴
    • Yale: syī-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihuah
    • Palladius: сихуа (sixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ faa³
    • Yale: sāi fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ faː³³/

Verb

西化

1. to westernize

   全盤西化／全盘西化  ―  quánpán xīhuà  ―  to undergo total westernization

See also

• 洋化 (yánghuà)
• 歐化／欧化 (ōuhuà)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西	化

Noun

西化

1. chữ Hán form of Tây hoá (“westernization”).

Verb

西化

1. chữ Hán form of Tây hoá (“to westernize”).