羽化
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Chinese
| feather | to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (羽化) | 羽 | 化 | |
| simp. #(羽化) | 羽 | 化 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǔhuà
- Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǔhuà
- Wade–Giles: yü3-hua4
- Yale: yǔ-hwà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuhuah
- Palladius: юйхуа (jujxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu5 faa3
- Yale: yúh fa
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy5 faa3
- Guangdong Romanization: yu5 fa3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː¹³ faː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
羽化
- to ascend to heaven and become an immortal
- 浩浩乎如馮虛禦風，而不知其所止；飄飄乎如遺世獨立，羽化而登仙。
- From: 1082, Su Shi, “Former Ode on the Red Cliffs”
- Hàohàohū rú píng xū yù fēng, ér bù zhī qí suǒ zhǐ; piāopiāohū rú yí shì dú lì, yǔhuà ér dēngxiān.
- So vast that we felt as if we were riding a wind in the firmament, not knowing where to land, and so ethereal that we felt as if we were ascending into heaven and becoming immortals.
浩浩乎如冯虚御风，而不知其所止；飘飘乎如遗世独立，羽化而登仙。
- (Taoism, euphemistic) to die; to pass away
- (zoology) to eclose; to undergo eclosion
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 羽 | 化 |
| う Grade: 2 |
か Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
See also
- 孵化 (fuka)
Verb
羽化する • (uka suru) suru (stem 羽化し (uka shi), past 羽化した (uka shita))
Conjugation
Conjugation of "羽化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 羽化し | うかし | uka shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 羽化し | うかし | uka shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 羽化する | うかする | uka suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 羽化する | うかする | uka suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 羽化すれ | うかすれ | uka sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 羽化せよ¹ 羽化しろ² |
うかせよ¹ うかしろ² |
uka seyo¹ uka shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 羽化される | うかされる | uka sareru | |
| Causative | 羽化させる 羽化さす |
うかさせる うかさす |
uka saseru uka sasu | |
| Potential | 羽化できる | うかできる | uka dekiru | |
| Volitional | 羽化しよう | うかしよう | uka shiyō | |
| Negative | 羽化しない | うかしない | uka shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 羽化せず | うかせず | uka sezu | |
| Formal | 羽化します | うかします | uka shimasu | |
| Perfective | 羽化した | うかした | uka shita | |
| Conjunctive | 羽化して | うかして | uka shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 羽化すれば | うかすれば | uka sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||