熔化

rónghuà

verb #14,232

Meanings

1 to melt
2 to fuse

Characters

to smelt; to fuse

to change; to transform

Examples

冰在阳光下慢慢熔化了。

Bīng zài yángguāng xià mànmàn rónghuà le.

The ice slowly melted in the sunlight.

这种金属需要很高的温度才能熔化。

Zhè zhǒng jīnshǔ xūyào hěn gāo de wēndù cái néng rónghuà.

This metal requires very high temperatures to melt.

Tips

mistakes

熔化 is for metals/solids melting with heat. 融化 is for ice/snow melting naturally. 溶化 is for dissolving in liquid. All three are pronounced rónghuà.

Stroke Order

熔 róng

化 huà