軟化

軟化

See also: 软化

Chinese

		soft; flexible	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (軟化)		軟	化
simp. (软化)		软	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎnhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ faa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiôn-fa
• Min Nan (POJ): loán-hòa / nńg-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ruǎnhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanhuah
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ faa³
    • Yale: yúhn fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ fa³
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ fäː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiôn-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngion´ fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngion¹ fa⁴
    • IPA: /ɲi̯on²⁴⁻¹¹ fa⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loán-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: luán-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loafnhoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /luan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nńg-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: nńg-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngfhoax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/

Verb

軟化

1. to soften; to weaken
2. to persuade using soft tactics

Antonyms

• 硬化 (yìnghuà)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
軟	化
なん Grade: S	か Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 軟 (nan, “soft”) + 化 (ka, “become”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) なんか [nàńká] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋka̠]

Noun

軟化 (hiragana なんか, rōmaji nanka)

1. softening
2. weakening

Derived terms

• 骨軟化症 (kotsunankashō): osteomalacia
• 脳軟化症 (nōnankashō): softening of the brain

Verb

軟化する (intransitive, hiragana なんかする, rōmaji nanka suru)

1. soften
2. weaken

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
軟	化

Noun

軟化 • (yeonhwa) (hangeul 연화)

1. Hanja form^? of 연화.