興化

興化

See also: 兴化

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (興化)		興	化
simp. (兴化)		兴	化

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīnghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ faa³
• Min Dong (BUC): Hĭng-huá
• Min Nan (POJ): Heng-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Singhuà
    • Wade–Giles: Hsing¹-hua⁴
    • Yale: Syīng-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinghuah
    • Palladius: Синхуа (Sinxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xwä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: hing¹ faa³
    • Yale: hīng fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ faː³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 氫化／氢化 興化／兴化

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hĭng-huá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋuɑ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Heng-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: Hing-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: henghoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²¹/

Proper noun

興化

1. (～市, formerly ～縣) Xinghua (a county-level city in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China, formerly a county)
2. (～軍, ～路, ～府) (historical) Xinghua; Hinghwa (various administrative divisions corresponding to modern-day Putian, Fujian, China)
3. (～縣) (historical) Xinghua (a county in modern-day Putian, Fujian, China)

Derived terms

興化兄／兴化兄 興化嗖／兴化嗖 興化巾／兴化巾 興化平話字／兴化平话字

興化方言／兴化方言 興化粉／兴化粉 興化話／兴化话 (Xīnghuàhuà) 興化語／兴化语 (Xīnghuàyǔ)

Descendants

• → English: Xinghua, Hinghwa, Henghua