造化

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (造化)		造	化
simp. #(造化)		造	化

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zàohuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зохуа (zohua, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ faa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chō-hòa / chǒ-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàohuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàohuà
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: dzàu-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawhuah
    • Palladius: цзаохуа (czaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 皂化 造化

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зохуа (zohua, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴ xua⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ faa³
    • Yale: jouh fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixhoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒ-huà
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² hua⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzawX xwaeH

Rime
Character	造	化
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	昨早切	呼霸切
Baxter	dzawX	xwaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑuX/	/hˠuaH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑuX/	/hʷᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑuX/	/xuaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zawX/	/hwaɨH/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑuX/	/xuaH/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑuX/	/xwaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑuX/	/xwaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zào	huà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou6	faa3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dzˤ]uʔ  qʷʰˤ<r>aj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡuːʔ  hŋʷraːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	造	化
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zào	huà
Middle Chinese	‹ dzawX ›	‹ xwæH ›
Old Chinese	/*[dzˁ]uʔ/	/*qʷʰˁ<r>aj-s/
English	make	transform
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	造	化
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	3803	5327
Phonetic component	告	化
Rime group	幽	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	皁	化
Old Chinese	/*sɡuːʔ/	/*hŋʷraːls/

Noun

造化

1. nature; the natural world

   • 偉哉造化！又將奚以汝為？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     伟哉造化！又将奚以汝为？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wěi zāi zàohuà! Yòu jiāng xī yǐ rǔ wèi? [Pinyin]

     Great Indeed is the Creator! What will he now make you become?

   • 又況夫官天地，懷萬物，而友造化，含至和。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     又况夫官天地，怀万物，而友造化，含至和。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Yòu kuàng fū guān tiāndì, huái wànwù, ér yǒu zàohuà, hán zhì hé. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 貧道有的是術法，乃造化所忌，卻要尋個大福氣的，承受得起，方好與他作為。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     贫道有的是术法，乃造化所忌，却要寻个大福气的，承受得起，方好与他作为。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I

     Píndào yǒudeshì shù fǎ, nǎi zàohuà suǒ jì, què yào xún ge dà fúqì de, chéngshòu dé qǐ, fāng hǎo yǔ tā zuòwèi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 造化小兒 / 造化小儿
• 造化弄人

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (造化):

• → Japanese: 造(ぞう)化(か) (zōka)
• → Korean: 조화(造化) (johwa)
• → Vietnamese: tạo hoá (造化)

Etymology

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Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàohua

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ faa³
• Eastern Min (BUC): cô̤-*huá
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chō-hòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zao⁶ huê³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàohua
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàohuå
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-hua⁵
    • Yale: dzàu-hwa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaw.hua
    • Palladius: цзаохуа (czaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ faa³
    • Yale: jouh fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² faː³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cô̤-*huá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²⁴²⁻⁵³ huɑ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixhoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ hua²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zao⁶ huê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsău huè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau³⁵⁻¹¹ hue²¹³/

Noun

造化

1. good luck

   • 寶玉果然是有造化的，能彀得他長長遠遠的伏侍他一輩子，也就罷了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     宝玉果然是有造化的，能彀得他长长远远的伏侍他一辈子，也就罢了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Bǎoyù guǒrán shì yǒu zàohuà de, néng gòu dé tā chángcháng yuǎnyuǎn de fúshì tā yībèizǐ, yě jiù bàle. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 你說官府捉不得人，是我們中國人的造化嗎？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     你说官府捉不得人，是我们中国人的造化吗？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《文明小史》第二六回

     Nǐ shuō guānfǔ zhuō bùdé rén, shì wǒmen Zhōngguórén de zàohuà ma? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 好字運 / 好字运 (Hokkien)
• 好彩 (Hakka, obsolete or Cantonese)
• 好運 / 好运 (hǎoyùn)
• 幸運 / 幸运 (xìngyùn)
• 機緣 / 机缘 (jīyuán)
• 福 (fú) (literary, or in compounds)
• 福分 (fúfèn)
• 福氣 / 福气
• 福澤 / 福泽 (fúzé)
• 福祉 (fúzhǐ) (literary)
• 福祚 (fúzuò) (literary)
• 福運 / 福运 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

• 福大命大造化大 (fú dà mìng dà zàohua dà)

Adverb

造化

1. (Eastern Min) fortunately; luckily

Synonyms

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• 佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 多虧 / 多亏 (duōkuī)
• 好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 好在 (hǎozài)
• 好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
• 好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 幸好 (xìnghǎo)
• 幸而 (xìng'ér)
• 幸虧 / 幸亏 (xìngkuī)
• 得虧 / 得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
• 打幫 / 打帮 (Hakka)
• 搭幫 / 搭帮 (Hengyang Xiang)
• 虧 / 亏 (kuī)
• 虧得 / 亏得 (kuīde)

References

• “造化”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
造	化
ぞう Grade: 5	か Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

造(ぞう)化(か) • (zōka) 

1. nature, the natural world

Korean

Hanja in this term
造	化

Noun

造化 • (johwa) (hangeul 조화)

1. hanja form^? of 조화 (“creation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
造	化

Noun

造化

1. chữ Hán form of tạo hoá (“The Creator; nature”)