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<p>The <a href="suffix" class="uri" title="wikilink">suffix</a> 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.</p>
<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
<p>You can take some Chinese <a href="noun" title=
"wikilink">nouns</a> and <a href="adjective" title=
"wikilink">adjectives</a> and add a 化 to the end of them to make
"-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 word "modern" and turn it into "modernize." Most of the
time, the Chinese words that 化 is added to are two-character
words.</p>
<div class="jiegou">
<p>Noun / Adj. + 化</p>
</div>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<p>The following is a short list of examples 化 words and sentences.
Note that while the suffix 化 most often corresponds to "-ize" or
"-ify" in English, these are not the <em>only</em> options in
English. (Ah, you gotta love the endless variety of the English
language!)</p>
<h3 id="with-a-noun">With a Noun</h3>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li>现代<em>化</em><span class="trans">modern<em>ize</em></span></li>
<li>中国<em>化</em><span class="trans">sinic<em>ize</em>,
Chinese-<em>ify</em></span></li>
<li>美国<em>化</em><span class=
"trans">American<em>ize</em></span></li>
<li>KFC 的 中国 本土<em>化</em> 经营 做 得 非常 成功。<span class="trans">KFC's
Chinese local<em>ization</em> has been implemented very
successfully.</span></li>
<li>邓小平 提出了 四 个
现代<em>化</em>：工业现代<em>化</em>、农业现代<em>化</em>、国防现代<em>化</em>、科学技术现代<em>化</em>。<span class="trans">Deng
Xiaoping set forth the Four Modern<em>ization</em>s: industrial
modern<em>ization</em>, agricultural modern<em>ization</em>,
national defense modern<em>ization</em>, and scientific technology
modern<em>ization</em>.</span></li>
<li>现在 我们 公司 的工作 流程 和 人事 管理 已经 初步 制度<em>化</em> 了。<span class=
"trans">These days our company's workflows and HR management have
already started to be systemat<em>ize</em>d.</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h3 id="with-an-adjective">With an Adjective</h3>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li>美<em>化</em><span class=
"trans">beaut<em>ification</em></span></li>
<li>绿<em>化</em><span class="trans">"green<em>ify</em>"</span></li>
<li>软<em>化</em><span class="trans">soft<em>en</em></span></li>
<li>你 应该 让 黄油 软<em>化</em>，然后 跟 面包 一起 吃。<span class="trans">You
should allow the butter to soft<em>en</em>, then eat it with
bread.</span></li>
<li>我们 保护 环境 是 为了 美<em>化</em> 我们 的 城市。<span class="trans">We
protect the environment in order to beaut<em>ify</em> our
city.</span></li>
<li>每年 我们 的 绿<em>化</em> 面积 都 在 扩大。<span class="trans">Every year
our green<em>[ified]</em> area is expanding.</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further
reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href=
"%E5%8D%93%E8%B6%8A%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%EF%BC%8D%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E5%AE%9E%E6%88%98%E7%AF%87"
class="uri" title="wikilink">卓越汉语－公司实战篇</a>(p.68) <a href=
"http://www.amazon.cn/%E5%8D%93%E8%B6%8A%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD-%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E5%AE%9E%E6%88%98%E7%AF%87-%E8%83%A1%E7%81%B5%E5%9D%87/dp/B003QZWQ6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1347863170&amp;sr=8-1">
→buy</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href=
"Contemporary_Chinese_4_(%E5%BD%93%E4%BB%A3%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%874)"
title="wikilink">Contemporary Chinese 4 (当代中文4)</a>(p.17) <a href=
"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7800529371/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=7800529371">
→buy</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href=
"Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Intermediate_(%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%8F%A3%E8%AF%AD%E9%80%9F%E6%88%90%E4%B8%AD%E7%BA%A7%E7%AF%87)"
title="wikilink">Short-term Spoken Chinese: Intermediate
(汉语口语速成中级篇)</a>(p.90) <a href=
"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191962X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=756191962X">
→buy</a></li>
</ul>
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"wikilink">Category:B2 grammar points</a></p>
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