HSK 6 · Verbs

恶化 èhuà “to worsen” in Chinese

Traditional 惡化

What 恶化 means

  1. to worsen
  2. to deteriorate

How to say 恶化

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恶è4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale化huà4th tone, falling

恶化 in a sentence

  1. 这些年空气质量恶化了。

    Zhèxiē nián kōngqì zhìliàng èhuà le.

    Air quality has got worse over the past few years.

    Sentence #426309 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 为了避免情况恶化，我们马上采取了行动。

    Wèile bìmiǎn qíngkuàng èhuà, wǒmen mǎshàng cǎiqǔ le xíngdòng.

    We took action straight away so that things wouldn’t get worse.

    Sentence #534264 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 经济情况恶化。

    Jīngjì qíngkuàng èhuà.

    The economic situation got worse.

    Sentence #1928587 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 恶化 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 恶 (è) with each of its parts in a different colour
恶èevil
  • 亚Asia · yàSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 亚 (yà) hints at the sound. Compare it with è.

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 恶化

恶 10 strokes · 化 4 strokes

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

Words related to 恶化

Words with 恶

恶劣èliè · vile恶心ěxin · to feel sick丑恶chǒu'è · ugly凶恶xiōng'è · fierce可恶kěwù · hateful厌恶yànwù · to loathe

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简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify进化jìnhuà · evolution化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser化石huàshí · fossil

More words: Common Verbs

对抗duìkàng · to resist杜绝dùjué · to put an end to堕落duòluò · to degenerate堵塞dǔsè · to block遏制èzhì · to curb发动fādòng · to start放大fàngdà · to enlarge访问fǎngwèn · to visit

FAQs

恶化 (èhuà) means “to worsen” or “to deteriorate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it èhuà: è with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 恶化 is written 惡化. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ehua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 恶化 from the suggestions. Typing ehua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
恶化 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.