Chinese word dictionary

矮化

ǎi huà · (plant pathology) to become stunted; (horticulture) to dwarf; to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc); (fig.) to diminish the status of; to disparage

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Simplified矮化

Traditional矮化

Pinyinǎi huà

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Character breakdown

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矮ǎi

short, low; dwarf

化huà

to change, to convert, to reform; -ize

How to learn 矮化

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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矮ǎi

(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)

变化biànhuà

(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation (CL:個|个[ge4])

文化wénhuà

culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]

化huà

to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]

化学huàxué

chemistry; chemical

现代化xiàndàihuà

modernization; CL:個|个[ge4]