鈍化

Chinese

		blunt; stupid	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (鈍化)		鈍	化
simp. (钝化)		钝	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùnhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùnhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùnhuà
    • Wade–Giles: tun⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: dwùn-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duennhuah
    • Palladius: дуньхуа (dunʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/

Verb

鈍化

1. (of a knife) to become dull; to make (something) become dull
2. (figurative) to weaken; to lessen; to become blunted or mild
3. (chemistry) to passivise or be passivised

Noun

鈍化

1. (chemistry) passivation