"升華" meaning in Chinese

See 升華 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɪŋ⁵⁵ waː²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /siɪŋ³³ hua²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 升华 [Simplified-Chinese], 昇華 [Traditional-Chinese]
Etymology: Sense #2 was influenced by Japanese 昇華(しょうか) (shōka). Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|-|notext=1}} Japanese, {{ja-r|昇華|しょうか}} 昇華(しょうか) (shōka) Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 升華
  1. (literary) to be promoted to a higher official post Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-升華-zh-verb-qEjtaetv Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Chemical processes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 31 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 26 9 9 Disambiguation of Chemical processes: 23 26 26 25
  2. (physics) to sublimate; to sublime
    Sense id: en-升華-zh-verb-QwHA~dOa Categories (other): Physics, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chemical processes Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 25 31 23 21 Disambiguation of Chemical processes: 23 26 26 25 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (psychology) to sublimate; to sublime
    Sense id: en-升華-zh-verb-QwHA~dOa1 Categories (other): Psychology, Chemical processes Disambiguation of Chemical processes: 23 26 26 25 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  4. (figurative) to be elevated to the sublime; to raise to a higher level; to be purified Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-升華-zh-verb-esCWRxjT Categories (other): Chemical processes Disambiguation of Chemical processes: 23 26 26 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Weather Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0 0 0
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          "english": "to transcend the theme",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnghuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing¹ waa⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seng-hôa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnghuá"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenghuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shêng¹-hua²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēng-hwá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenghwa"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šɛnxua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шэнхуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing¹ waa⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sīng wàh"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Guangzhou",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing¹ waa⁴"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xing¹ wa⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪŋ⁵⁵ waː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seng-hôa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing-huâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "senghoaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ³³ hua²⁴/",
      "tags": [
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua¹³/",
      "tags": [
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        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²⁴/",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²³/",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "升華"
}
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      "roman": "nínghuá",
      "sense": "to sublimate",
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      "sense": "to sublimate",
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      "zh_pron": "shēnghuá"
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        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "sing¹ waa⁴"
    },
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        "Hokkien",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "seng-hôa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnghuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenghuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shêng¹-hua²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēng-hwá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenghwa"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šɛnxua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шэнхуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing¹ waa⁴"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sīng wàh"
    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing¹ waa⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xing¹ wa⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪŋ⁵⁵ waː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seng-hôa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing-huâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "senghoaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ³³ hua²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "升華"
}

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