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hoá

Pronunciation Northern /hwaː˧˥/ Central /hwa̰ː˩˧/ Southern /hwaː˧˥/
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4 senses
Meaning
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
turn into Descriptive Properties, States & Register FormsTheme Core Actions & OperationTheme Things at schoolTag

To become something else or to change from one state into a new form.

vi Sâu bướm sẽ hoá thành bướm xinh đẹp.

en Caterpillars will turn into beautiful butterflies.

Sense 2 Verb
attain divinity Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

To pass away and be believed to become a deity.

vi Sau khi mất, bà được dân làng tin là đã hoá thần.

en After her death, villagers believed she had become a deity.

Sense 3 Verb
burn Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

To burn something to ashes, often paper offerings for the deceased.

vi Gia đình đang hoá vàng mã cho người khuất.

en The family is burning paper offerings for the deceased.

Noun

Sense 4 Noun
chemistry School & EducationTheme

A short way to refer to chemistry, the science that deals with substances.

vi Tôi rất thích học môn hoá.

en I really like studying chemistry.

Parts
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
化
Candidates by syllable
hoá 化
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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hỏa / hoà / hòa / hoạ …
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Use
văn hoá / hoá đơn / lão hoá / tiệm tạp hoá …
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