Europeans tried to civilize the tribe.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
教化
to enlighten
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to enlighten
02
to civilize
03
to indoctrinate
04
to train (an animal)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 教化 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 教化 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 教化.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 教化.
Directly before
- 和教化1
- 去教化1
- 厉声厉色教化1
Directly after
- 教化而1
- 教化部落1
- 教化百姓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 教化
What does 教化 mean in Chinese?
教化 (jiàohuà) means to enlighten.
How do you pronounce 教化?
教化 is pronounced jiàohuà.
Is 教化 an HSK word?
教化 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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