造 zào to build
to build; to manufacture; to make
How it came to be
A road with the tell block, an ox announced over a mouth, beside it. Something announced, then visited: the old sense is to arrive and show yourself, and making came from that.
How it is used
- To make/build/create. 制造 (zhìzào) to manufacture (goods); 创造 (chuàngzào) to create (something new).
- 制造 vs 创造: 制造 is producing physical things (also 制造麻烦 make trouble); 创造 is bringing new things into being (records, value, art).
- 造成 (zàochéng) = to cause (usually bad results): 造成损失 (zàochéng sǔnshī) cause losses. 建造 build (structures), 塑造 (sùzào) to mold/shape (an image, character).
Characters built with 造
Words with 造
- 创造chuàngzàoto createHSK 5
- 制造zhìzàoto manufactureHSK 5
- 建造jiànzàoto constructHSK 5
- 造成zàochéngto bring aboutHSK 5
- 塑造sùzàoto modelHSK 6
- 打造dǎzàoto forge (metal)HSK 6
- 改造gǎizàoto transformHSK 6
- 构造gòuzàostructureHSK 6
- 造型zàoxíngto modelHSK 6
- 人造rénzàoman-madeHSK 8
- 伪造wěizàoto forgeHSK 8
- 深造shēnzàoto pursue one's studiesHSK 9
- 编造biānzàoto compileHSK 9
- 营造yíngzàoto build (housing)HSK 9
- 造价zàojiàconstruction costHSK 9
- 造假zàojiǎto counterfeitHSK 9
- 造就zàojiùto bring upHSK 9
- 造福zàofúto benefit (e.g. the people)HSK 9
- 酿造niàngzàoto brewHSK 9
- 铸造zhùzàoto cast (pour metal into a mold)HSK 9
Example sentences
- 它的制造过程很复杂。 Tā de zhìzào guòchéng hěn fùzá.The manufacturing process is very complicated.
- 污染对环境造成了破坏。 Wūrǎn duì huánjìng zàochéngle pòhuài.Pollution has caused damage to the environment.