同化 (tóng huà) — to assimilate (into a dominant culture or system); (in linguistics) to undergo phonological assimilation; to converge
Definition
同化 (tónghuà) is the formal/academic verb 'to assimilate': in sociology, being absorbed into a dominant culture or group; in linguistics, when adjacent sounds converge (e.g., two sounds merging into one).
verb
to assimilate (into a dominant culture or system)(in linguistics) to undergo phonological assimilationto converge
Examples
- 同化。Yí mín hěn nán wán quán bèi dāng dì wén huà tóng huà.Immigrants find it hard to be fully assimilated into the local culture.
- 。Zhè liǎng gè yīn zài lián dú shí huì tóng huà chéng yí gè yīn.These two sounds assimilate into one when linked in speech.
- 同化。Shēn tǐ xū yào shí jiān tóng huà zhè xiē yíng yǎng wù zhì.The body needs time to assimilate these nutrients.
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