開化

开化
kāihuà
  1. to become civilized
  2. to be open-minded
  3. (of ice) to thaw

CEDICT

  1. (dialectal) to thaw; unfreeze
  2. (～縣) Kaihua County (a county of Zhejiang, China)
  3. Kaihua County (a county of Zhejiang, China)
  4. civilized
  5. in good spirits
  6. liberal; progressive; open-minded
  7. to become civilized
  8. to blossom; to mature; to reach fruition
  9. to thaw; unfreeze

Wiktionary

  1. 北方方言。冰雪融化解凍。
  2. 啟發教化。
  3. 文化水準提高，各種知識發達進步。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
2 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化學 huàxué

Containing this entry

半開化 bànkāihuà semicivilized
開化縣 Kāihuàxiàn Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州 Qúzhōu, Zhejiang

Related entries

開放 kāifàng
  1. to bloom
  2. to open
  3. to be open (to the public)
  4. to open up (to the outside)
  5. to be open-minded
  6. unrestrained by convention
  7. unconstrained in one's sexuality
它已经开放了。

It's already open.

Source: Tatoeba

退冰 tuìbīng
  1. to thaw (frozen food)
  2. to bring to room temperature
開凍 kāidòng
  1. to thaw
  2. to melt
融 róng
  1. to melt
  2. to thaw
  3. to blend
  4. to merge
  5. to be in harmony
冰融了就會化成水。

When ice melts, it becomes water.

Source: Tatoeba

融化 rónghuà
  1. to melt
  2. to thaw
  3. to dissolve
  4. to blend into
  5. to combine
  6. to fuse
冰融化成水。

Ice melts to become water.

Source: Tatoeba

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