化為

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Chinese

to make into; to change into; ‑ization
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 
because of; for; to
because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
 
trad. (化為/化爲) /
simp. (化为)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (32) (35)
Final () (99) (14)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter xwaeH hjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hˠuaH/ /ɦˠiuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷᵚaH/ /ɦʷᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuaH/ /ɣiuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwaɨH/ /ɦjwiə̆/
Li
Rong
/xuaH/ /ɣjue/
Wang
Li
/xwaH/ /ɣǐwe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xwaH/ /wie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huà wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faa3 wai4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huà wéi
Middle
Chinese
‹ xwæH › ‹ hjwe ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʷʰˁ<r>aj-s/ /*ɢʷ(r)aj/
English transform make, do, act as

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 5327
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hŋʷraːls/ /*ɢʷal/
Notes

Verb

化為

  1. to change into; to become

Derived terms