HSK 6 · Science

进化 jìnhuà “evolution” in Chinese

Traditional 進化

What 进化 means

  1. evolution
  2. to evolve
  3. to evolve (biologically, technologically etc)

How to say 进化

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th 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

进化 in a sentence

  1. 软件正在不断进化。

    Ruǎnjiàn zhèngzài búduàn jìnhuà.

    Software is constantly evolving.

    Sentence #8696302 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们反对达尔文的进化论。

    Tāmen fǎnduì Dá'ěrwén de jìnhuàlùn.

    They opposed Darwin’s theory of evolution.

    Sentence #611547 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 一提到进化论，我们就会想起达尔文。

    Yì tídào jìnhuàlùn, wǒmen jiù huì xiǎngqǐ Dá'ěrwén.

    Whenever evolution comes up, we think of Darwin.

    Sentence #1746110 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 进化 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 进 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
进jìnto go forward
  • 井well · jǐngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 井 (jǐng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

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 进化

进 7 strokes · 化 4 strokes

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

Words related to 进化

Words with 进

进jìn · to enter进来jìnlái · to come in进去jìnqù · to go in进行jìnxíng · to advance进入jìnrù · to enter促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)改进gǎijìn · to improve进步jìnbù · progress进口jìnkǒu · to import进攻jìngōng · to attack

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化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser化石huàshí · fossil

More words: Science & Technology

火箭huǒjiàn · rocket火药huǒyào · gunpowder尖端jiānduān · cutting-edge结晶jiéjīng · crystal酒精jiǔjīng · alcohol机械jīxiè · machinery基因jīyīn · gene勘探kāntàn · to explore

FAQs

进化 (jìnhuà) means “evolution” or “to evolve”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìnhuà: jìn 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, 进化 is written 進化. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinhua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进化 from the suggestions. Typing jinhua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进化 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.