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造

zào

HSK 5 Character

What 造 means

1. to make
2. to build
3. to manufacture
4. to invent
5. to fabricate
6. to go to
7. party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
8. crop
9. classifier for crops

Example sentences

• 桥在建造中。
  The bridge is under construction.
• 这是朵人造花。
  It's an artificial flower.
• 大楼正在建造。
  The building is under construction.
• 他们造了座桥。
  They constructed a bridge.
• 签名是伪造的。
  The signature had been a forgery.
• 上帝创造了天地。
  Shàngdì chuàngzào le tiāndì.
  God created the heaven and the earth.

Words starting with 造

• 造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause
• 造型zào xíngto model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose
• 造反zào fǎnto rebel; to revolt
• 造就zào jiùto bring up; to train; to contribute to
• 造反派zào fǎn pàirebel faction
• 造假zào jiǎto counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine
• 造价zào jiàconstruction cost
• 造化zào huà(literary) Nature; the Creator
• 造访zào fǎng(formal) to visit; to pay a visit
• 造谣zào yáoto start a rumor
• 造诣zào yìlevel of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge); (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
• 造福zào fúto benefit (e.g. the people)
• 造句zào jùsentence-making
• 造纸zào zhǐpapermaking
• 造船zào chuánshipbuilding
• 造作zào zuòaffected; artificial; to make
• 造物zào wùluck; to create the universe; god (as the creator of all things)
• 造物主Zào wù zhǔthe Creator (in religion or mythology); God
• 造次zào cì(literary) hurried; rash
• 造血zào xuè(physiology) to produce blood; hematopoietic; (fig.) to become self-sustaining through…
• 造林zào línforestation
• 造孽zào nièto do evil; to commit sins
• 造人zào rén(of a creator deity) to create mankind; to conceive a baby; (slang) to make love
• 造型服装zào xíng fú zhuāngcostume

Words containing 造

• 制造zhì zàoto manufacture; to make
• 创造chuàng zàoto create; to bring about; to produce
• 塑造sù zàoto model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)…
• 伪造wěi zàoto forge; to fake; to counterfeit
• 铸造zhù zàoto cast (pour metal into a mold)
• 改造gǎi zàoto transform; to reform; to remodel
• 打造dǎ zàoto forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
• 建造jiàn zàoto construct; to build
• 营造yíng zàoto build (housing); to construct; to make
• 创造性chuàng zào xìngcreativeness; creativity
• 深造shēn zàoto pursue one's studies
• 制造业zhì zào yèmanufacturing industry
• 人造rén zàoman-made; artificial; synthetic
• 构造gòu zàostructure; composition; tectonic (geology)
• 创造力chuàng zào lìingenuity; creativity
• 编造biān zàoto compile; to draw up; to fabricate
• 制造商zhì zào shāngmanufacturing company
• 再造zài zàoto rebuild; to reconstruct; to regenerate; (in set phrases like 恩同再造
• 酿造niàng zàoto brew; to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation
• 锻造duàn zàoto forge (metal); forging
• 捏造niē zàoto make up; to fabricate
• 制造者zhì zào zhěmaker
• 缔造dì zàoto found; to create
• 创造者chuàng zào zhěcreator

Characters built on 告

These share the phonetic component 告 (gào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 靠kàoto lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to
• 浩hàogrand; vast (water)
• 锆gàozirconium (chemistry)
• 皓hào(bound form) bright; luminous; white…
• 诰gàoto enjoin; to grant (a title)
• 郜Gàosurname Gao; name of a feudal state

Characters that look like 造

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 途túway; route; road
• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read zào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 燥dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 皂soap; black
• 噪(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 灶kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
• 躁impatient; hot-tempered
• 皁black; police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them
• 慥sincere
• 梍Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis); now written zào jiá 皂荚
• 煰dry (old variant of 燥
• 簉deputy; subordinate; concubine
• 趮easily provoked, hasty; fierce, cruel
• 唣used in 啰唣