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孵化

fūhuà

to hatch; to incubate

A hen on a nest and a small chick by a cracked egg
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Characters in this word

孵 fū

Strokes
14
Radical
子 — son, child
Made of
卵 egg, ovum, roe 孚 to brood over eggs
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 孵

化 huà

Strokes
4
Radical
匕 — spoon, ladle
Made of
亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle

Example phrases

  • 实验室通过控制温度和湿度,提高了稀有鸟类卵的孵化成功率。 Shíyànshì tōngguò kòngzhì wēndù hé shīdù, tígāo le xīyǒu niǎolèi luǎn de fūhuà chénggōnglǜ. By controlling temperature and humidity, the laboratory increased the hatching success rate of rare bird eggs.
  • 母鸡趴在窝里孵化了二十一天,小鸡终于出壳了。 Mǔjī pā zài wō lǐ fūhuà le èrshíyī tiān, xiǎojī zhōngyú chūké le. The hen sat on the nest for twenty-one days, and the chicks finally hatched.
  • 这家公司专门帮助年轻人孵化创业项目。 Zhè jiā gōngsī zhuānmén bāngzhù niánqīngrén fūhuà chuàngyè xiàngmù. This company specialises in helping young people incubate start-up projects.

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