粵

教gaau3化faa3

gaau3 faa3jiào huà

English

  1. to enlighten
  2. to civilize
  3. to indoctrinate
  4. to train (an animal)
  5. to enlighten by education

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 教導並且啓發,令人擺脱錯嘅觀念

Examples

  • 欧洲人试着去教化部落的人

    Europeans tried to civilise the tribe.

    Tatoeba · xieming CC BY

  • 为享受和生命激活而读书,和为知识和教化而读书,是两码事。

    There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.

    Tatoeba · Gustav249 CC BY

  • 神父希望用愛去教化呢啲無知嘅少年。

    The priest hopes that he can enlighten the ignorant teenagers with love.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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