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淡化

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Pīnyīn
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to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination
HSK 7-9

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
淡
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *淡* | 淡* | *淡
11画
weak, watery; insipid, tasteless
3918.9
EFF
化
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *化* | 化* | *化
4画
change, convert, reform; -ize
2421.0
OP

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
淡化
to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination
淡
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淡* | 淡* | *淡
insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮) nitrogen
 化
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *化* | 化* | *化
variant of 花
 化
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *化* | 化* | *化
to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学