化作

Chinese

		to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
trad. (化作)		化	作
simp. ^#(化作)		化	作

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ zok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàzuò
  - Wade–Giles: hua⁴-tso⁴
  - Yale: hwà-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahtzuoh
  - Palladius: хуацзо (xuaczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    化作
    畫作 / 画作
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa³ zok³
  - Yale: fa jok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ dzok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa³ zog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː³³ t͡sɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: xwaeH tsuH|tsaH|tsak

Rime
Character	化	作	作	作
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	精 (13)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	模 (23)	歌 (94)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I	I	I
Fanqie	呼霸切	臧祚切	則箇切	則落切
Baxter	xwaeH	tsuH	tsaH	tsak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠua^H/	/t͡suo^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚa^H/	/t͡suo^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xua^H/	/t͡so^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨ^H/	/t͡sɔ^H/	/t͡sa^H/	/t͡sak̚/
Li Rong	/xua^H/	/t͡so^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xwa^H/	/t͡su^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwa^H/	/t͡suo^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huà	zù	zuò	zuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa³	zou³	zo³	zok³

Verb

化作

to become; to change into; to turn into

Synonyms

成做 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
成為 / 成为 (chéngwéi)
變 / 变 (biàn)
變作 / 变作 (biànzuò) (formal)
變成 / 变成 (biànchéng)
變為 / 变为 (biànwéi)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “化作” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].