"淡化" meaning in All languages combined

See 淡化 on Wiktionary

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /taːm²² faː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tam²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /tam⁴¹⁻²² hua⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /tam²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /tam³³⁻¹¹ hua¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /tam³³⁻²¹ hua²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 淡化
  1. (transitive, intransitive) to desalinate Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-淡化-zh-verb-dHx~zBE7
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to become weaker; to weaken Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-淡化-zh-verb-X4I03pY6
  3. (transitive) to dilute; to play down; to trivialize Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-淡化-zh-verb-o26hOMOi Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 6 10 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 5 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: [in-compounds, literary], 削弱 (xuēruò), 減弱 (jiǎnruò), 减弱 (jiǎnruò), 減損 (jiǎnsǔn), 减损 (jiǎnsǔn),
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              8,
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          "english": "seawater desalinization",
          "roman": "hǎishuǐ dànhuà",
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        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "daam⁶ faa³"
    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh_pron": "tām-hòa"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tan⁴-hua⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàn-hwà"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "даньхуа"
    },
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
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      "zh_pron": "daahm fa"
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      "zh_pron": "dam⁶ fa³"
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        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh_pron": "tām-huà"
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
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        "Taipei"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh_pron": "даньхуа"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
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        "Standard-Chinese"
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      "zh_pron": "daahm fa"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "daam⁶ faa³"
    },
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        "Guangzhou",
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        "POJ"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh_pron": "tām-huà"
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        "Hokkien",
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        "IPA",
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        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "耗"
    }
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}

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