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优化 (yōu huà) — to optimize

Definition

A formal/business verb meaning 'to optimize' — improve something (a system, plan, process) to make it work better. More technical and written than everyday words like 改进.

verb
to optimize

Examples

  • 优化。
    Wǒ men kě yǐ yōu huà zhè ge xì tǒng.
    We can optimize this system.
  • 优化。
    Wǒ men xū yào yōu huà gōng sī de fú wù liú chéng.
    We need to optimize the company's service process.
  • 优化。
    yōu huà Hòu de fāng àn xiào guǒ gèng hǎo.
    The optimized plan yields better results.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

优yōuexcellent
化huàmake/change

优 (excellent) combined with 化 (make/change) means to make excellent, to optimize.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 優; 优 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
憂
憂yōu優yōu
Same sound today

The traditional form 優 combines 亻 (人, person) with 憂 for the sound; the simplified 优 is a later abbreviation.

Open 优 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

Open 化 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6Abstract ConceptsTechnology & Engineering

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