神化

shénhuà

verb #37,334

Meanings

1 to deify
2 to make divine
3 to mythologize

Characters

transform / -ify

Examples

不要把任何领导人神化。

Bú yào bǎ rènhé lǐngdǎorén shénhuà.

Don't deify any leader.

媒体把这位运动员神化了。

Méitǐ bǎ zhè wèi yùndòngyuán shénhuà le.

The media has mythologized this athlete.

Tips

mistakes

Don't confuse with 神话 (shénhuà, same pinyin), which is a noun meaning 'myth / mythology'. 神化 (shén-huà) is a verb where 化 (huà) is the suffix '-ify / become', as in 美化 (měihuà, to beautify) or 现代化 (xiàndàihuà, to modernize).

Stroke Order

神 shén

化 huà