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造成

zào chéng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

造成 (zào chéng) means "to cause; to bring about (usually negative)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 造成 means

1. to bring about; to create; to cause

The characters in 造成

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete

Example sentences

• 汤姆造成了麻烦。
  Tom caused trouble.
• 我们不想造成麻烦。
  We don't want to be a bother.
• 台风造成了河水泛滥。
  Táifēng zàochéng le héshuǐ fàn làn.
  The typhoon caused the river to flood.
• 洪水造成了很大的损害。
  Hóngshuǐ zàochéng le hěn dà de sǔnhài.
  The flood caused a lot of damage.
• 婚姻是造成离婚的主因。
  Hūnyīn shì zàochéng líhūn de zhǔyīn.
  Marriage is the main cause of divorce.
• 这种行为可能造成意外。
  Such behavior can cause an accident.

Where 造成 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Causation, Logic & Leadership (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zào chéng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.