淡化

Chinese

		insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (淡化)		淡	化
simp. #(淡化)		淡	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam⁶ faa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tām-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànhuà
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: dàn-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannhuah
    • Palladius: даньхуа (danʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam⁶ faa³
    • Yale: daahm fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam⁶ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm²² faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: tām-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxmhoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tam²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam⁴¹⁻²² hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ hua²¹/

Verb

淡化

1. (transitive, intransitive) to desalinate

   海水淡化  ―  hǎishuǐ dànhuà  ―  seawater desalinization

2. (transitive, intransitive) to become weaker; to weaken
3. (transitive) to dilute; to play down; to trivialize

Synonyms

• (to become weaker):

• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削弱 (xuēruò)
• 減弱／减弱 (jiǎnruò)
• 減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 耗