# 恶化 (èhuà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 恶化 (èhuà) means “to worsen; to deteriorate”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to worsen; to deteriorate
- Pinyin: èhuà (e4 hua4)
- Traditional: 惡化
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 病人的情况突然恶化了。
  Bìngrén de qíngkuàng tūrán èhuàle.
  The patient's condition suddenly worsened.

## Characters

- [恶](https://hanziro.com/word/e-evil/) (è): evil; fierce
- [化](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-melt/) (huà): to melt; to change into

https://hanziro.com/word/e-hua-worsen/

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