轉化

See also: 转化 and 転化

Chinese

		to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (轉化)		轉	化
simp. (转化)		转	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuǎnhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun² faa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choán-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎnhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎnhuà
    • Wade–Giles: chuan³-hua⁴
    • Yale: jwǎn-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joanhuah
    • Palladius: чжуаньхуа (čžuanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun² faa³
    • Yale: jyún fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn² faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun² fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn³⁵ faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choán-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: tsuán-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafnhoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/

Verb

轉化

1. (intransitive) to change (by itself); to transform
2. (transitive) to change (something in some way); to transform

Synonyms

• (to change by itself):

• 改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
• 變／变 (biàn)
• 變化／变化 (biànhuà)
• 變易／变易 (biànyì)
• 變遷／变迁 (biànqiān) (of major, long-term changes)
• 變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly of social systems)
• 轉型／转型 (zhuǎnxíng)
• 轉移／转移 (zhuǎnyí) (of a quality, character, etc.)
• 轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
• 革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)

 

• (to change something in some way):

• 修改 (xiūgǎi)
• 切換／切换 (qiēhuàn)
• 改動／改动 (gǎidòng)
• 改換／改换 (gǎihuàn)
• 改觀／改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
• 改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
• 改造 (gǎizào)
• 更動／更动 (gēngdòng)
• 更換／更换 (gēnghuàn)
• 更改 (gēnggǎi)
• 游移 (yóuyí)
• 移 (yí)
• 移易 (yíyì) (literary)
• 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds, to revise text)
• 竄亂／窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
• 變／变 (biàn)
• 變換／变换 (biànhuàn)
• 變易／变易 (biànyì)
• 變更／变更 (biàngēng)
• 變變／变变 (Hokkien)
• 變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
• 轉換／转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
• 轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
• 遷／迁 (qiān)
• 革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (轉化):

• → Japanese: 転(てん)化(か) (tenka)
• → Korean: 전화(轉化) (jeonhwa)
• → Vietnamese: chuyển hoá (轉化)

Noun

轉化

1. (Taiwan, literature) analogy; metaphor

Synonyms

• 比擬／比拟 (bǐnǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
轉	化
てん Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 3
on’yomi	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 轉化 – see the following entry.

【転化てんか】 [noun] change, conversion, transformation [noun] (chemistry) inversion [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [verb] to change, to transform [verb] (chemistry) to invert [verb] This term needs a translation to English.

(This term, 轉化, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
轉	化

Noun

轉化 • (jeonhwa) (hangeul 전화)

1. Hanja form^? of 전화 (“transformation, conversion, change”).