興化

See also: 兴化

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (興化)		興	化
simp. (兴化)		兴	化

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnghuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Singhuà
  - Wade–Giles: Hsing¹-hua⁴
  - Yale: Syīng-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinghuah
  - Palladius: Синхуа (Sinxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hing¹ faa³
  - Yale: hīng fa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ faa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ fa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ faː³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    氫化 / 氢化
    興化 / 兴化
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hĭng-huá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋuɑ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hing¹ hua⁴ [Phonetic: hing² ngua⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Hing-hua̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(h-)ŋua⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hing¹ hua⁴ [Phonetic: hing² ngua⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(h-)ŋua⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Heng-hòa
  - Tâi-lô: Hing-huà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: henghoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ hua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²¹/

興化

(～市, formerly ～縣) Xinghua (a county-level city of Taizhou, Jiangsu, China, formerly a county)
(～軍, ～路, ～府) (historical) Xinghua; Hinghwa (various administrative divisions corresponding to modern-day Putian, Fujian, China)
(～縣) (historical) Xinghua (a county in modern-day Putian, Fujian, China)