化 huà

1. huà verb to make into; to change into; to transform
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Change
   Notes: In this sense 化 is similar in meaning to 变化 (CC-CEDICT '化'; Guoyu '化' v 1; Kroll 2015 '化' 1, p. 168; Unihan '化'; XHZD '化' 1, p. 287)
2. huà suffix -ization
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A nominal suffix indicating change, for example, in 老化 'aging' 腐化 'corruption' and 现代化 'modernization' (CC-CEDICT '化'; Guoyu '化' v 8; Sun 2006, loc. 714; Unihan '化'; XHZD '化' 5, p. 287)
3. huà verb to convert; to persuade
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 教化 (Guoyu '化' n 1; Kroll 2015 '化' 2, p. 168)
4. huà verb to manifest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '化' 3, p. 168)
5. huà verb to collect alms
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 化 is similar in meaning to 募化 (Guoyu '化' v 7; XHZD '化' 4, p. 287)
6. huà verb [of Nature] to create
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 造化 (Guoyu '化' v 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 523)
7. huà verb to die
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 化 is similar in meaning to 死 (Guoyu '化' v 4; Kroll 2015 '化' 4, p. 168)
8. huà verb to dissolve; to melt
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 溶化 (Guoyu '化' v 5)
9. huà verb to revert to a previous custom
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '化' v 3)
10. huà noun chemistry
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Chemistry
    Notes: In this sense 化 is similar in meaning to 化学 (Guoyu '化' n 2; XHZD '化' 3, p. 287)
11. huà verb to burn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 火化 (Guoyu '化' v 6)
12. huā verb to spend
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As a variant of 花 (XHZD '化' huā, p. 285)
13. huà verb to manifest
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nirmita, Pali: nimmita, Japanese: ke, Tibetan: sprul pa; to create something through magical powers or through illusion (BCSD '化', p. 212; BL 'nirmita', p. 588; FGDB '化'; Kroll 2015 '化' 3, p. 168; Mahāvyutpatti 'nirmitaḥ'; SH '化', p. 140)
14. huà verb to convert
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: To convert someone through teaching of the Dharma for their salvation (FGDB '化')

Contained in

• 彼福招化果，作利有情事 the merit produces fruit, serving to benefit living beings
• 老子化胡经(老子化胡經) Conversion of the Barbarians
• 香海文化 Gandha Samudra Culture Company
• 1. 佛光人生活要佛法化 2. 佛光人信仰要理智化 3. 佛光人处事要平和化 4. 佛光人修持要落实化(1. 佛光人生活要佛法化 2. 佛光人信仰要理智化 3. 佛光人處事要平和化 4. 佛光人修持要落實化) 1. Fo Guang members should practice the Dharma in daily life. 2. Fo Guang members should remain rational in their faith. 3. Fo Guang members should peaceful resolve matters. 4. Fo Guang members should be pragmatic in their spiritual practices.
• 教化病经(教化病經) Sutra on Instructions to Anathapindika
• 佛法生活化 Dharma as a part of life
• 变化人(變化人) imagined person
• 现代化(現代化) modernization ; modernize
• 慈悲化世界 日月满心中(慈悲化世界 日月滿心中) Transform the world with compassion; Illuminate hearts with the sun and moon.
• 化作一城 he produces a magic city
• 爱的净化是慈悲，爱的提昇是智慧(愛的淨化是慈悲，愛的提昇是智慧) Purified love is compassion, and elevated love is wisdom
• 佛法现代化(佛法現代化) the modernization of Dharma
• 化乐(化樂) to find pleasure in creating
• 游化(遊化) to travel and teach
• 化乐天(化樂天) Nirmanarati Heaven; Nirmāṇarati Heaven
• 化仪四教(化儀四教) four modes of exposition
• 化应声天(化應聲天) Paranirmita-Vasavartin Heaven
• 应化身(應化身) nirmita; nirmānakaya

Also contained in

王化 、 数位化 、 正化 、 毒化 、 隆化县 、 人民公社化 、 出神入化 、 分化 、 市场化 、 氯化氰 、 开化县 、 典型化 、 边域种化 、 化石群 、 表面化 、 感化院 、 化德 、 循化撒拉族自治县 、 宗教文化出版社 、 粥样硬化 、 汽化器 、 本地化 、 德国标准化学会 、 合理化 、 化外 、 低俗化 、 碱化 、 互补式金属氧化物半导体 、 商业化 、 化日 、 文化研究所 、 化工 、 证券化率

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• Where the Future of Buddhism Lies (Lecture 3) 佛教的前途在那裡(第三講) Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 25
• The Four Transformations of Modern Buddhism 現代佛教的四化 Humanistic Buddhism Series 5 - The Human World and Practice 《人間佛教系列5－人間與實踐》 — count: 25
• Where the Future of Humanistic Buddhism Lies - Lecture 3 佛教的前途在那裏 第三篇　佛教的前途在那裏(第三講) Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism 《佛教叢書10－人間佛教》 — count: 24
• Writings on Chan School Thought - Propagating the Dharma and Benefiting Sentient Beings 宗門思想篇 弘法利生 Humanistic Buddhism Quotations 《人間佛教語錄》 — count: 24
• How to Build Humanistic Buddhism - 4 How to Modernize Buddhism (Speech at Taichung Chunghsing Hall) 如何建設人間佛教 第四篇　佛教如何現代化(講於臺中中興堂) Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism 《佛教叢書10－人間佛教》 — count: 24
• Cultivation and Realization by People of Extraordinary Talent 奇人的修證 Humanistic Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism Series 10 - Religion and Experience 《人間佛教系列10－宗教與體驗》 — count: 21
• Begging for Alms Transforms the Heart, but will not Necessarily Transform into Money 化緣化心，不一定化錢 Hundred Sayings 4 - Half and Half 《往事百語4－一半一半》 — count: 20
• Hsing Yun Diary 41 - What Samsara is Like: A Ten Thousand Li Horse 星雲日記41～生死一如 千里馬(1996/6/16~1996/6/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 17
• How to be a Buddha's Light Member - Lecture 10 怎樣做個佛光人 佛光人第十講 Humanistic Buddhism Series 1 - Fo Guang and the Buddhist Community 《人間佛教系列1－佛光與教團》 — count: 16
• Buddhism and Taoism 佛教與道教 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 15

Collocations

• 普化 (普化) 普化禪師等 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 11
• 化禅师 (化禪師) 普化禪師等 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 9
• 易化 (易化) 一念不生金易化 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 6
• 能变化 (能變化) 自心就能變化為地獄的境界 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Translation of Canonical Text 譯文 — count: 6
• 化一方 (化一方) 汝當分化一方 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, 7 Ability to Accept Causes and Conditions - Canonical Text and Notes 第七　機緣品 經文．註釋 — count: 3
• 通俗化 (通俗化) 佛經的注解更要把握通俗化 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Preface 前言 — count: 3
• 艺文化 (藝文化) 藝文化 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 5: Organizational Management 《僧事百講5－組織管理》, Lecture 13: The Necessities of Buddhism 第十三講．佛教需要 — count: 2
• 同文化 (同文化) 同文化 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 4: Assemblies and Dharma Services 《僧事百講4－集會共修》, Lecture 8: Family Gathering 第八講．親屬聚會 — count: 2
• 组织化 (組織化) 為僧團樹立了組織化 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 4: Forty-Eight Positions 第四講‧四十八單 — count: 2
• 去行化 (去行化) 你行思可以去行化一方 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 2