理化

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (理化)		理	化
simp. #(理化)		理	化

Etymology

Short for 物理 (wùlǐ) + 化學／化学 (huàxué).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ faa³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí-hòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² huê³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐhuà
    • Wade–Giles: li³-hua⁴
    • Yale: lǐ-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liihuah
    • Palladius: лихуа (lixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ faa³
    • Yale: léih fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: lí-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'hoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² huê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí huè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ hue²¹³/

Noun

理化

1. physics and chemistry