惡化

See also: 恶化, and 悪化

Chinese

		evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (惡化)		惡	化
simp. (恶化)		恶	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ok³ faa³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ok-hòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ag⁴ huê³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èhuà
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: è-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehhuah
    • Palladius: эхуа (exua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 惡化／恶化 顎化／颚化 齶化／腭化

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ok³ faa³
    • Yale: ok fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁸ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: og³ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚³ faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: ok-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: okhoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hua²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ag⁴ huê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ak huè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ak̚²⁻⁴ hue²¹³/

Verb

惡化

1. (intransitive) to worsen; to deteriorate; to take a turn for the worse

   環境惡化／环境恶化  ―  huánjìng èhuà  ―  environmental degradation

   事態越來越惡化。 [MSC, trad.]
   事态越来越恶化。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìtài yuèláiyuè èhuà. [Pinyin]

   The situation is getting worse.

2. (transitive) to make worse; to exacerbate; to harm; to damage

Synonyms

• (to worsen): 變差／变差 (biànchà), 逆轉／逆转 (nìzhuǎn)
• (to make worse): 耽誤／耽误 (dānwu)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to worsen”): 好轉／好转 (hǎozhuǎn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
惡	化
あく > あっ Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 3
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 惡化 – see the following entry.

【悪化あっか】 [noun] aggravation, deterioration, degeneration, corruption [verb] to worsen, to aggravate, to deteriorate Alternative spelling あっ化

(This term, 惡化, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
惡	化

Noun

惡化 • (akhwa) (hangeul 악화)

1. hanja form^? of 악화 (“deterioration, degeneration, aggravation, exacerbation”)