制造 zhìzào to manufacture
to manufacture; to make
How to remember 制造: 制 system + 造 to build = to manufacture.
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How it is used
- To manufacture / to create (also negatively) - 中国制造 (Zhōngguó zhìzào) Made in China; 制造麻烦 (zhìzào máfan) to make trouble; 制造谣言 (zhìzào yáoyán) to fabricate rumors.
- Industrial 'manufacture', but also figuratively 'to manufacture' trouble, tension, or rumors.
- Contrast 制作 (zhìzuò, craft/produce media & goods) - 制造 is factory-scale or negatively 'stirring up'.
Example sentences
- 你一直在制造麻烦。 Nǐ yìzhí zài zhìzào máfán.You've been causing problems.
- 它的制造过程很复杂。 Tā de zhìzào guòchéng hěn fùzá.The manufacturing process is very complicated.
- 他们知道如何制造原子弹。 Tāmen zhīdào rúhé zhìzào yuánzǐdàn.They know how to make an atomic bomb.