# 造化
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zàohuà
       (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зохуа (zohua, III-III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zou$^6$ faa$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chō-hòa / chǒ-hòa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zàohuà
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zàohuà
*** Wade–Giles: tsao$^4$-hua$^4$
*** Yale: dzàu-hwà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawhuah
*** Palladius: цзаохуа (czaoxua)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$皂化 造化
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зохуа (zohua, III-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔ⁴⁴ xua⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^6$ faa$^3$
*** Yale: jouh fa
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^6$ faa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^6$ fa$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯²² faː³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-hòa
*** Tâi-lô: tsō-huà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoixhoax
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-hòa
*** Tâi-lô: tsǒ-huà
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² hua⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: dzawX xwaeH
Rime :
| Character | 造 | 化 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | II |
| Fanqie | 昨早切 | 呼霸切 |
| Baxter | dzawX | xwaeH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɑu$^X$/ | /hˠua$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zɑu$^X$/ | /hʷᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zɑu$^X$/ | /xua$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zaw$^X$/ | /hwaɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zɑu$^X$/ | /xua$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zɑu$^X$/ | /xwa$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱɑu$^X$/ | /xwa$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zào | huà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zou$^6$ | faa$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dzˤ]uʔ qʷʰˤ<r>aj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɡuːʔ hŋʷraːls/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 造 | 化 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zào | huà |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzaw$^X$ › | ‹ xwæ$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dzˁ]uʔ/ | /*qʷʰˁ<r>aj-s/ |
| English | make | transform |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 造 | 化 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3803 | 5327 |
| Phonetic component | 告 | 化 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 皁 | 化 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɡuːʔ/ | /*hŋʷraːls/ |

#### Noun

造化
* nature; the natural world
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Wěi zāi zàohuà! Yòu jiāng xī yǐ rǔ wèi? [Pinyin]
    Great Indeed is the Creator! What will he now make you become?
    From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
    Yòu kuàng fū guān tiāndì, huái wànwù, ér yǒu zàohuà, hán zhì hé. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I
    Píndào yǒudeshì shù fǎ, nǎi zàohuà suǒ jì, què yào xún ge dà fúqì de, chéngshòu dé qǐ, fāng hǎo yǔ tā zuòwèi. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Derived terms

* 造化小兒／造化小儿
* 造化弄人

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 造(ぞう)化(か) (zōka)
* → Korean: 조화(造化) (johwa)
* → Vietnamese: tạo hoá (造化)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zàohua
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zou$^6$ faa$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cô̤-*huá
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chō-hòa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zao$^6$ huê$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zàohua
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zàohuå
*** Wade–Giles: tsao$^4$-hua$^5$
*** Yale: dzàu-hwa
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaw.hua
*** Palladius: цзаохуа (czaoxua)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^6$ faa$^3$
*** Yale: jouh fa
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^6$ faa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^6$ fa$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯²² faː³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cô̤-*huá
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so²⁴²⁻⁵³ huɑ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-hòa
*** Tâi-lô: tsō-huà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoixhoax
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ hua²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ hua¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ hua²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zao$^6$ huê$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsău huè
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sau³⁵⁻¹¹ hue²¹³/

#### Noun

造化
* good luck
    From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
    Bǎoyù guǒrán shì yǒu zàohuà de, néng gòu dé tā chángcháng yuǎnyuǎn de fúshì tā yībèizǐ, yě jiù bàle. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 《文明小史》第二六回
    Nǐ shuō guānfǔ zhuō bùdé rén, shì wǒmen Zhōngguórén de zàohuà ma? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Synonyms

* 好字運／好字运 (Hokkien)
* 好彩 (Hakka, obsolete or Cantonese)
* 好運／好运 (hǎoyùn)
* 幸運／幸运 (xìngyùn)
* 機緣／机缘 (jīyuán)
* 福 (literary, or in compounds)
* 福分 (fúfèn)
* 福氣／福气
* 福澤／福泽 (fúzé)
* 福祉 (fúzhǐ) (literary)
* 福祚 (fúzuò) (literary)
* 福運／福运 (Hokkien)

##### Derived terms

* 福大命大造化大 (fú dà mìng dà zàohua dà)

#### Adverb

造化
* (Eastern Min) fortunately; luckily

##### Synonyms

* 佳哉 (Hokkien)
* 多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
* 好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 好佳哉 (Hokkien)
* 好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 好在 (hǎozài)
* 好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
* 好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
* 好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
* 好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 幸好 (xìnghǎo)
* 幸而 (xìng'ér)
* 幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
* 得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
* 打幫／打帮 (Hakka)
* 虧／亏 (kuī)
* 虧得／亏得 (kuīde)

### References

* “Entry #138692”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 造 | 化 |
| ぞう Grade: 5 | か Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

造(ぞう)化(か) • (zōka)
* nature, the natural world

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 造 | 化 |

### Noun

造化 • (johwa) (hangeul 조화)
* hanja form of 조화 (“creation”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 造 | 化 |

### Noun

造化
* chữ Hán form of tạo hoá (“The Creator; nature”).