创造 chuàngzào to create
to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
How to remember 创造: 创 to establish + 造 to build = to create.
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How it is used
- To create / bring into being / set (a record) - 创造历史 (chuàngzào lìshǐ) to make history; 创造价值 (chuàngzào jiàzhí) to create value; 创造纪录 (chuàngzào jìlù) to set a record.
- Producing something that did not exist before.
- Contrast 创作 (chuàngzuò, create art) - 创造 is broad (records, value, conditions, wealth), 创作 is specifically artistic.
Example sentences
- 这药创造了奇迹。 Zhèyào chuàngzào le qíjì.The medicine worked marvels.
- 上帝创造了世界 Shàngdì chuàngzào le shìjièGod created the world.
- 创造主义是一种伪科学。 Chuàngzào zhǔyì shì yīzhǒng wěikēxué.Creationism is a pseudo-science.