开化

開化

kāihuà

verb #26,847

Meanings

1 to become civilized
2 to enlighten
3 to be open-minded
4 (of ice) to thaw

Characters

to open; to start

to change; to transform; -ize

Examples

随着教育普及，这个地区的人们逐渐开化了。

Suízhe jiàoyù pǔjí, zhège dìqū de rénmen zhújiàn kāihuà le.

With the spread of education, the people in this region have gradually become more enlightened.

他思想开化，能够接受新观念。

Tā sīxiǎng kāihuà, nénggòu jiēshòu xīn guānniàn.

He has an open mind and can accept new ideas.

Tips

usage

开化 can mean civilizing/enlightening in a cultural or intellectual sense (思想开化 — open-minded), or the literal thawing of ice in northern Chinese dialects (河开化了 — the river has thawed).

Stroke Order

开 kāi

化 huà