升華

See also: 升华 and 昇華

Chinese

		to raise; to hoist; to promote to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint	flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (升華/昇華)		升/昇	華
simp. (升华)		升	华

Etymology

Sense #2 was influenced by Japanese 昇 (しょう)華 (か) (shōka).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnghuá

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ waa⁴
Min Nan (POJ): seng-hôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēnghuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenghwa
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing¹ waa⁴
  - Yale: sīng wàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ waa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ wa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ wäː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-hôa
  - Tâi-lô: sing-huâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senghoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³ hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²³/

Verb

升華

(literary) to be promoted to a higher official post
(physics) to sublimate; to sublime; (verbal noun) sublimation
Antonym: 凝華
(psychology) to sublimate; to sublime
(figuratively) to be elevated to the sublime; to raise to a higher level; to be purified

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