腐化

Chinese

		decay; rotten	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (腐化)		腐	化
simp. ^#(腐化)		腐	化

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǔhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ faa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-hòa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǔhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǔhuà
  - Wade–Giles: fu³-hua⁴
  - Yale: fǔ-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuhuah
  - Palladius: фухуа (fuxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁶ faa³
  - Yale: fuh fa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ faa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ fa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² faː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-hòa
  - Tâi-lô: hú-huà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hw'hoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/

Verb

腐化

(intransitive) to rot; to decay
(transitive) to corrupt
- 並非權力令人腐化，而是恐懼。 [MSC, trad.]
  并非权力令人腐化，而是恐惧。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom from Fear, translated by New York Times
  Bìngfēi quánlì lìng rén fǔhuà, érshì kǒngjù. [Pinyin]
  It is not power that corrupts but fear.
(intransitive) to become corrupt
- 權力使人腐化，絕對的權力使人絕對腐化。 [MSC, trad.]
  权力使人腐化，绝对的权力使人绝对腐化。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
  Quánlì shǐ rén fǔhuà, juéduì de quánlì shǐ rén juéduì fǔhuà. [Pinyin]
  Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Related terms

墮落／堕落 (duòluò)
蛻化／蜕化 (tuìhuà)