融化 (róng huà) — to melt, to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into, t… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Used for ice/snow becoming water, or a solid dissolving in liquid. The figurative 'blend in' sense overlaps with 融入 (people joining a group) and 融合 (things merging into a whole).

verb

to meltto thawto dissolveto blend intoto merge

Examples

融化。
Bīng qí lín zài tài yáng xià màn màn róng huà le.
The ice cream slowly melted in the sun.
，融化。
Bǎ yán fàng jìn rè shuǐ lǐ, tā huì hěn kuài róng huà.
Put salt into hot water, and it will dissolve quickly.
，融化。
Tā zǒu jìn rén qún, hěn kuài jiù róng huà zài qí zhōng.
He walked into the crowd and quickly blended in.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

Both 融 and 化 carry the sense of turning from solid to liquid, so together they mean to melt or thaw.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

鬲鬲gécauldron

Sound part声符shēngfú

蟲

蟲chóng融róng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

融 pairs 鬲, a cauldron, with 蟲, which gives the sound.

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.

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