人造 rénzào man-made
man-made; artificial; synthetic
How to remember 人造: 人 person + 造 to build = man-made.
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How it is used
- Man-made / artificial, as opposed to natural - 人造卫星 (rénzào wèixīng) artificial satellite; 人造革 (imitation leather).
- Attributive prefix on nouns: 人造钻石 (synthetic diamond), 人造纤维 (synthetic fiber).
- Compare 人工 (réngōng, man-made/manual, e.g. 人工降雨 artificial rain); 人造 stresses a fabricated substitute for a natural thing.
Example sentences
- 人造皮革是比不上真皮的。 Rénzào pígé shì bǐbúshàng zhēnpí de.Artificial leather can't compare with the real thing.
- 我对人造语言不是很感兴趣。 Wǒ duì rénzào yǔyán búshì hěngǎnxìngqù.I'm not very interested in artificial languages.