Chinese Word Entry

點化

Simplified Chinese form: 点化

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): diǎn huà
Cantonese (Jyutping): dim2 faa3
Definitions:
  1. magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal

  2. fig to reveal

  3. to enlighten


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Chinese characters used in this word

point, mark, speck, decimal pt, dot, spot, degree
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ (diǎn), ㄓㄢ (zhān), ㄉㄨㄛˋ (duò)
Cantonese: dim2
Japanese: テン (ten) / つ.ける (tsukeru)、 つ.く (tsuku)、 た.てる (tateru)、 さ.す (sasu)、 とぼ.す (tobosu)、 とも.す (tomosu)、 ぼち (bochi)
Korean: 점 (jeom)
Vietnamese: điểm
Variants
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change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization, convert, reform, -ize
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà), ㄏㄨㄚ (huā), ㄏㄨㄛˋ (huò)
Cantonese: faa3
Japanese: カ (ka)、 ケ (ke) / ば.ける (bakeru)、 ば.かす (bakasu)、 ふ.ける (fukeru)、 け.する (kesuru)、 かわる (kawaru)
Korean: 화 (hwa)
Vietnamese: hóa, hoá
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