HSK 5 · Verbs

创造 chuàngzào “to create” in Chinese

Traditional 創造

What 创造 means

  1. to create
  2. to bring about
  3. to produce
  4. to set (a record)

How to say 创造

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale创chuàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale造zào4th tone, falling

创造 in a sentence

  1. 他自己创造了一种语言。

    Tā zìjǐ chuàngzào le yì zhǒng yǔyán.

    He created his own language.

    Sentence #5856316 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我们和家人一起创造的记忆最为重要。

    Wǒmen hé jiārén yìqǐ chuàngzào de jìyì zuìwéi zhòngyào.

    The memories we create with our family matter most.

    Sentence #8485613 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 旅游业创造了许多新的工作职位。

    Lǚyóuyè chuàngzào le xǔduō xīn de gōngzuò zhíwèi.

    Tourism has created many new jobs.

    Sentence #2138396 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 创造 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 创 (chuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
创chuàngto initiate; to create; to achieve
  • 仓granary · cāngSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 仓 (cāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuàng.

The character 造 (zào) with each of its parts in a different colour
造zàoto make
  • 告to tell · gàoSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 告 (gào) hints at the sound. Compare it with zào.

How to write 创造

创 6 strokes · 造 10 strokes

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创造 (chuàngzào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 创造 (chuàngzào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 创造

Words with 创

创立chuànglì · to found创业chuàngyè · to start a business创新chuàngxīn · innovation创作chuàngzuò · to create

Words with 造

造成zàochéng · to bring about制造zhìzào · to manufacture塑造sùzào · to shape铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)伪造wěizào · to forge造型zàoxíng · shape

More words: Common Verbs

出席chūxí · to attend处理chǔlǐ · to handle传播chuánbō · to disseminate闯chuǎng · to rush吹chuī · to blow刺激cìjī · to stimulate促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)促使cùshǐ · to induce

FAQs

创造 (chuàngzào) means “to create” or “to bring about”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chuàngzào: chuàng with a 4th tone, then zào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 创造 is written 創造. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuangzao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 创造 from the suggestions. Typing chuangzao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
创造 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.