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复杂化 (fù zá huà) — to complicate, to make complicated

Definition

A verb meaning 'to make something complicated', built from the adjective 复杂 ('complicated') plus the -化 suffix, which turns it into a transitive verb of change. It highlights the act of worsening or increasing complexity, not the state itself.

verb
to complicateto make complicated

Examples

  • 复杂化。
    Qǐng bú yào fù zá huà zhè ge wèn tí.
    Please don't complicate this issue.
  • 复杂化。
    Tā men fù zá huà le zhěng gè liú chéng.
    They complicated the entire process.
  • 复杂化。
    Zhè ge jué dìng fù zá huà le wǒ men de guān xì.
    This decision complicated our relationship.

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.

复杂complicated
复fùcomplex杂zámixed
联合Coordinate
化huàbecome

复杂 means complicated and 化 adds the sense of making something become so.

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù復fù
Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

Open 复 →

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 雜; 杂 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yī
Sound part声符shēngfú
集
集jí雜zá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 雜 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 集 as a sound part, originally referring to mixed colours, perhaps in dyed clothes; the simplified 杂 is a later shorthand.

Open 杂 →

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 →
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