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

HSK 5

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.

HSK 5

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