Making "-ize" and "-ify" verbs with "hua"

Nível: HSK 5 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

The suffix -化 (-huà) can be added to the end of many Chinese words to make them into verbs, the equivalent of "-ize" or "-ify" in English. You can take some Chinese nouns and adjectives and add a -化 to the end of them to "-ize" or "-ify" them. Basically, -化 takes the noun or adjective and makes it into a verb. One example of how we do that in English is to take the adjective "modern" and add "-ize" to turn it into the verb "modernize." Most of the time, the Chinese words that -化 is added to are two-character words. Noun / Adj. + 化 The following is a short list of -化 words and sentences. Note that while the suffix -化 most often corresponds to "-ize" or "-ify" in English, these are not the only options in English. (Ah, you gotta love the endless variety of the English language!)

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 现代化 (xiàndàihuà): "modernization"
• 中国化 (zhōngguóhuà): "Chinese Characteristics"
• 美国化 (měiguóhuà): "Americanization"
• KFC的中国本土化经营做得非常成功。 (KFC de zhōngguó běntǔhuà jīngyíng zuò dé fēicháng chénggōng 。): "KFC's localized operation in China has been very successful."
• 邓小平提出了四个现代化：工业现代化、农业现代化、国防现代化、科学技术现代化。 (dèngxiǎopíng tíchūle sì gè xiàndàihuà：gōngyèxiàndàihuà、nóngyèxiàndàihuà、guófángxiàndàihuà、kēxuéjìzhúxiàndàihuà 。): "Deng Xiaoping proposed four modernizations: industrial modernization, agricultural modernization, national defense modernization, and science and technology modernization."

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