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assimilation in Chinese

assimilation in Chinese is 同化作用, 同化 — assimilation means the process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.

assimilation in Chinese

同化作用
noun
Pronounced: tóng huà zuò yòng
The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
同化
noun
Pronounced: tóng huà
(phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs.

What does "assimilation" mean?

  1. noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
    "The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months."
  2. noun In linguistics, a sound change in which one speech sound becomes more like a neighboring sound.
    "The "n" in "input" often shifts to "m" through assimilation."
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assimilation in a sentence

  • The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months.
  • Cultural assimilation was once a common goal of immigration policy.
  • The "n" in "input" often shifts to "m" through assimilation.

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What is "assimilation" in Chinese?

"assimilation" in Chinese is 同化作用, 同化. assimilation means: The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.

How do you pronounce 同化作用?

"assimilation" in Chinese is 同化作用, pronounced "tóng huà zuò yòng".

How do you use "assimilation" in a sentence?

Example: "The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months." In Chinese, "assimilation" is 同化作用, 同化.

Are there other ways to say "assimilation" in Chinese?

Yes — Chinese has 2 translations listed for "assimilation": 同化作用, 同化.

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