化faa3身san1

English

1. incarnation
2. to morph; to transform
3. incarnation; embodiment; avatar
4. reincarnation
5. embodiment (of abstract idea)
6. personification

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 變身；打扮成另一樣嘢
2. 神靈下凡嘅肉身（量詞：個）

Examples

• 嗰個巫婆化身做一隻貓。

  The witch morphs into a cat.

• 嗰個神棍成日話自己係菩薩化身，招搖撞騙。

  That swindler claims to be an incarnation of Bodhisattva.

• 她是禮貌的化身。

  She is politeness itself.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 你是惡魔的化身。

  You are the devil incarnate.

  Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

• 他们观察到她随著病情变化身体也渐渐衰弱下去。

  They watched her gradually weaken as the disease progressed.

  Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

• 庄子曾梦见自己化身为蝶，当他醒来，他分不清是自己刚刚梦见自己变成蝴蝶呢，还是蝴蝶正梦见它变成了庄子。

  Once, Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, but when he woke up, he wasn't sure whether he was Zhuangzi who had dreamed being a butterfly or if he was a butterfly now dreaming he was Zhuangzi.

  Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY