Definition

1. Verb:
   • To become liquid; to liquefy: The process of changing from a solid or gaseous state into a liquid state.
   • To liquidate (assets): In finance and economics, to convert assets into cash or a form that is easily spent or traded.

Usage Examples

• Verb (Physical State Change):

  • Nhiệt độ cao khiến băng hoá lỏng. (High temperatures cause ice to liquify.)
  • Khí tự nhiên được hoá lỏng để vận chuyển dễ dàng hơn. (Natural gas is liquefied for easier transportation.)

• Verb (Financial Context):

  • Công ty buộc phải hoá lỏng tài sản để trả nợ. (The company was forced to liquidate its assets to pay debts.)
  • Việc hoá lỏng khoản đầu tư đó mất vài tuần. (Liquidating that investment took several weeks.)

Advanced Usage

• "hoá lỏng tức thời": flash liquefaction (a rapid phase change).

  • Áp suất cực cao có thể dẫn đến hiện tượng hoá lỏng tức thời. (Extremely high pressure can lead to the phenomenon of flash liquefaction.)

• Used in formal scientific, industrial, and economic reports.

  • Quá trình hoá lỏng khí đốt đòi hỏi công nghệ cao. (The gas liquefaction process requires high technology.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự hoá lỏng (n): liquefaction; liquidation.

  • Sự hoá lỏng của công ty là không thể tránh khỏi. (The liquidation of the company was inevitable.)

• Chất lỏng (n): liquid (the resulting state).

• Làm lỏng (v): to make something more fluid or less viscous; to loosen (e.g., regulations).

Synonyms

• Làm tan chảy: to melt (specifically for solids becoming liquid).
• Chuyển thành thể lỏng: to convert into a liquid form.
• Thanh lý: to liquidate (primarily in a financial/business context).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Hoá lỏng tài sản: to liquidate assets.
• Hoá lỏng khí: to liquefy gas.
• Hoá lỏng do áp suất: to liquefy due to pressure.

Related Idioms

Note: The word "hoá lỏng" itself is technical and is not commonly used in traditional Vietnamese idioms. However, the concept appears in descriptive phrases. - "Như băng tan hoá lỏng": (Like ice melting into liquid) - used to describe something disappearing or dissolving quickly and completely. - Đám đông tan biến như băng tan hoá lỏng. (The crowd dissipated like ice melting into liquid.)

1. Liquify