歸化

Chinese

		to go back; to return	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (歸化)		歸	化
simp. (归化)		归	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ faa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueihuà
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-hua⁴
    • Yale: gwēi-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueihuah
    • Palladius: гуйхуа (gujxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 歸化／归化 硅化 規劃／规划 規化／规化

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ faa³
    • Yale: gwāi fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: kui-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kui'hoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²¹/

Verb

歸化

1. to surrender and pay allegiance to
2. to assimilate
3. (obsolete) to naturalize (clarification of this definition is needed)
4. (translation studies) to domesticate

   趙元任譯的《阿麗思漫遊奇境記》屬於「歸化翻譯」。 [MSC, trad.]
   赵元任译的《阿丽思漫游奇境记》属于「归化翻译」。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhào Yuánrèn yì de “Ālìsī Mànyóu Qíjìngjì” shǔyú “guīhuà fānyì”. [Pinyin]

   Chao Yuen Ren's translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a domesticated translation.

Antonyms

• (domesticate): 異化／异化 (yìhuà)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 歸化

1. Old name for 呼和浩特 (Hūhéhàotè, “Hohhot”).