化为乌有 huàwéiwūyǒu to vanish Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 化 huà nounverb to change to change; to transform; to convert为 為 wéi verbpreposition to be to be; to become; to act as; to serve as; to take as乌有 烏有 wūyǒu nonexistent (literary) to not exist; illusory; naught; nothing; used to refer to people or things that are imaginary