HSK 6 · Nature

融化 rónghuà “to melt” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 融化 means

  1. to melt
  2. to thaw
  3. to dissolve
  4. to blend into
  5. to combine
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to fuse

How to say 融化

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale融róng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale化huà4th tone, falling

融化 in a sentence

  1. 太阳一出来，雪就会融化。

    Tàiyáng yì chūlái, xuě jiù huì rónghuà.

    The snow will melt when the sun comes out.

    Sentence #2367581 from Tatoeba

  2. 巧克力不放在冰箱里的话会融化的。

    Qiǎokèlì bú fàng zài bīngxiāng lǐ dehuà huì rónghuà de.

    Chocolate will melt if you don’t keep it in the fridge.

    Sentence #2002961 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 冰融化成水。

    Bīng rónghuà chéng shuǐ.

    Ice melts into water.

    Sentence #766746 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 融化 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 融 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
融róngto melt
  • 鬲cauldron · géMeaning part
  • 虫insect · chóngSound part

鬲 hints at the meaning (cauldron); 虫 (chóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with róng.

The character 化 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
化huàto make into
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 匕spoon · bǐ

Memory aidA person 亻 next to a person turned upside down 匕: to change, to transform.

How to write 融化

融 16 strokes · 化 4 strokes

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融化 (rónghuà) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 融化 (rónghuà). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 融化

Words with 融

融洽róngqià · harmonious金融jīnróng · finance

Words with 化

变化biànhuà · change文化wénhuà · culture消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)化学huàxué · chemistry化验huàyàn · laboratory test化妆huàzhuāng · to put on make-up恶化èhuà · to worsen简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify进化jìnhuà · evolution化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser

More words: Nature & Environment

气味qìwèi · smell气象qìxiàng · meteorology气压qìyā · air pressure犬quǎn · dog梢shāo · tip (of a branch)牲畜shēngchù · livestock生存shēngcún · to survive盛开shèngkāi · to be in full bloom

FAQs

融化 (rónghuà) means “to melt” or “to thaw”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it rónghuà: róng with a 2nd tone, then huà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 融化 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ronghua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 融化 from the suggestions. Typing ronghua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
融化 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.