腐化

Chinese

		decay; rotten	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (腐化)		腐	化
simp. #(腐化)		腐	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ faa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔhuà
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-hua⁴
    • Yale: fǔ-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuhuah
    • Palladius: фухуа (fuxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ faa³
    • Yale: fuh fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² faː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: hú-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw'hoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/

Verb

腐化

1. to rot; to decay
2. to become corrupt

   權力使人腐化，絕對的權力使人絕對腐化。 [MSC, trad.]
   权力使人腐化，绝对的权力使人绝对腐化。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

   Quánlì shǐ rén fǔhuà, juéduì de quánlì shǐ rén juéduì fǔhuà. [Pinyin]

   Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Related terms

• 墮落／堕落 (duòluò)
• 蛻化／蜕化 (tuìhuà)