造 (zào): to make, to build
造 (zào) is a Chinese character meaning “to make, to build.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 告 (phonetic). It ranks #354 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 造 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to make, to build
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 造
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 造成verb | zào chéng | to bring about | 5 |
| 制造verb | zhì zào | to manufacture | 5 |
| 创造verb | chuàng zào | to create | 5 |
| 造型verb/noun | zào xíng | to model | 6 |
| 建造verb | jiàn zào | to construct | 5 |
| 改造verb | gǎi zào | to transform | 6 |
| 打造verb | dǎ zào | to forge (metal) | 6 |
| 塑造verb | sù zào | to model | 6 |
| 构造verb | gòu zào | structure | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伪造verb | wěi zào | to forge |
| 编造verb | biān zào | to compile |
| 人造noun | rén zào | man-made |
| 创造力noun | chuàng zào lì | ingenuity |
| 造就verb | zào jiù | to bring up |
| 制造商noun | zhì zào shāng | manufacturing company |
| 捏造verb | niē zào | to make up |
| 创造性noun | chuàng zào xìng | creativeness |
| 制造者noun | zhì zào zhě | maker |
| 营造verb | yíng zào | to build (housing) |
| 造反verb | zào fǎn | to rebel |
| 造物noun | zào wù | luck |
| 造访verb | zào fǎng | (formal) to visit |
| 造物主proper-noun | zào wù zhǔ | the Creator (in religion or mythology) |
| 创造者noun | chuàng zào zhě | creator |
造 appears in 101 compound words: 35 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 28 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 造 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
do something irrespective of external circumstances; to operate in a vacuum
synonym of 向壁虛構 /向壁虚构 (xiàngbìxūgòu, “to make up out of one's head; to fabricate”)
do something irrespective of external circumstances; to operate in a vacuum
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 造.
Example Sentences
制造业是国民经济的重要支柱产业。
Zhìzàoyè shì guómín jīngjì de zhòngyào zhīzhù chǎnyè.
Manufacturing is an important pillar industry of the national economy.
落地上海就过年,浦东机场打造多元场景“新年味”
luò dì shàng hǎi jiù guò nián , pǔ dōng jī chǎng dǎ zào duō yuán chǎng jǐng xīn nián wèi
Landing in Shanghai to celebrate the New Year, Pudong Airport creates a multi-scene "New Year's flavor"
...初一,浙大发顶刊论文:用人工智能为膜蛋白造“装..
. . . chū yī , zhè dà fā dǐng kān lún wén yòng rén gōng zhì néng wéi mó dàn bái zào zhuāng . .
... First year, ZJU published a top paper on artificial intelligence for membrane prote...
中国智造硬核力 春晚·机器·人
zhōng guó zhì zào yìng hé lì chūn wǎn jī qì rén
China's Smart Manufacturing Powerhouse: Spring Festival Gala · Machines · Humans
...疆机器人登上央视春晚,硬核科技点亮高端智造之光
. . . jiāng jī qì rén dēng shǎng yāng shì chūn wǎn , yìng hé kē jì diǎn liàng gāo duān zhì zào zhī guāng
Xinjiang Robot Appears on CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Cutting-Edge Technology Illuminates the Future of High-End Intelligent Manufacturing
福建福州打造新春文化消费新场景
fú jiàn fú zhōu dǎ zào xīn chūn wén huā xiāo fèi xīn chǎng jǐng
Fuzhou, Fujian Creates New Cultural Consumption Experiences for the Spring Festival
这个寺庙是何时造的？
Zhège sìmiào shì héshí zào de?
When was this temple built?
我造了一架模型飞机。
Wǒ zào le yī jià móxíng fēijī.
I made a model plane.
物价上涨是多方因素造成的。
Wùjià shàngzhǎng shì duōfāng yīnsù zàochéng de.
Several factors operated to help prices go up.
她叫我们不要制造噪音。
Tā jiào wǒmen bù yào zhìzào zàoyīn.
She told us not to make a noise.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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