迪化

Chinese

		direct; follow	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (迪化)		迪	化
simp. #(迪化)		迪	化
Literally: “to enlighten and civilize”.

Etymology

Short for 啟迪教化／启迪教化 (qǐdí jiàohuà). The name was given by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty in 1763. The name of the city was reverted back to 烏魯木齊／乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí) in 1954 in the People's Republic of China as 迪化 (Díhuà, literally “to enlighten and civilize”) was deemed condescending to the ethnic minorities in the region.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Díhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶ faa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Te̍k-hòa

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Díhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Díhuà
    • Wade–Giles: Ti²-hua⁴
    • Yale: Dí-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dyihuah
    • Palladius: Дихуа (Dixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dik⁶ faa³
    • Yale: dihk fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚² faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Te̍k-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: Ti̍k-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deghoax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua¹¹/

Proper noun

迪化

1. (～市, ～縣) Old name for 烏魯木齊／乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí, “Ürümqi”).

Descendants

• → English: Tihwa