美化

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (美化)		美	化
simp. ^#(美化)		美	化

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měihuà

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ faa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-hòa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měihuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měihuà
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-hua⁴
  - Yale: měi-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeihuah
  - Palladius: мэйхуа (mɛjxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ faa³
  - Yale: méih fa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ faa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ fa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ faː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hòa
  - Tâi-lô: bí-huà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'hoax
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/

Verb

美化

to beautify; to embellish
美化家園／美化家园 ― měihuà jiāyuán ― to beautify one's homeland

美化市容 ― měihuà shìróng ― to beautify the city
to glamorize; to describe or represent as good (something bad)
美化侵略戰爭／美化侵略战争 ― měihuà qīnlüèzhànzhēng ― to glamorize a war of aggression

Antonyms

醜化／丑化 (chǒuhuà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	化
び Grade: 3	か Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びか [bíꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [bʲika̠]

Noun

美(び)化(か) • (bika)

beautification
glorification; baseless speaking well of

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “glorification”): 中傷(ちゅうしょう) (chūshō, “slander”)

Verb

美(び)化(か)する • (bika suru) suru (stem 美(び)化(か)し (bika shi), past 美(び)化(か)した (bika shita))

Conjugation

Conjugation of "美化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	美化し	びかし	bika shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	美化し	びかし	bika shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	美化する	びかする	bika suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	美化する	びかする	bika suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	美化すれ	びかすれ	bika sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	美化せよ¹ 美化しろ²	びかせよ¹ びかしろ²	bika seyo¹ bika shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	美化される	びかされる	bika sareru
Causative	美化させる美化さす	びかさせるびかさす	bika saseru bika sasu
Potential	美化できる	びかできる	bika dekiru
Volitional	美化しよう	びかしよう	bika shiyō
Negative	美化しない	びかしない	bika shinai
Negative continuative	美化せず	びかせず	bika sezu
Formal	美化します	びかします	bika shimasu
Perfective	美化した	びかした	bika shita
Conjunctive	美化して	びかして	bika shite
Hypothetical conditional	美化すれば	びかすれば	bika sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “glorify”): 中傷(ちゅうしょう) (chūshō, “slander; baselessly speak ill of”)

References

“美化”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	化

Noun

美化 • (mihwa) (hangeul 미화)

hanja form^? of 미화 (“beautification; glorification”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美	化

Verb

美化

chữ Hán form of Mĩ hoá (“to Americanize”)

Noun

美化

chữ Hán form of Mĩ hoá (“Americanisation”)