Down in the valley a mist like a white feather rose gently into a white cloud, and obscured everything.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
化作
to change into
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to change into
02
to turn into
03
to become
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 化作 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 化作 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 化作.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 化作.
Directly before
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Directly after
- 化作比翼双飞1
- 化作一团1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 化作
What does 化作 mean in Chinese?
化作 (huàzuò) means to change into.
How do you pronounce 化作?
化作 is pronounced huàzuò.
Is 化作 an HSK word?
化作 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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