HSK 6 · Work

创立 chuànglì “to found” in Chinese

Traditional 創立

What 创立 means

  1. to found
  2. to establish
  3. to set up

How to say 创立

  • 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立lì4th tone, falling

创立 in a sentence

  1. 我们的学校是在一九九零年创立的。

    Wǒmen de xuéxiào shì zài yī jiǔ jiǔ líng nián chuànglì de.

    Our school was founded in 1990.

    Sentence #618181 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他在五年前创立了这所学校。

    Tā zài wǔ nián qián chuànglì le zhè suǒ xuéxiào.

    He founded the school five years ago.

    Sentence #819019 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 创立 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 立 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
立lìto stand
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī

How to write 创立

创 6 strokes · 立 5 strokes

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

Words related to 创立

Words with 创

创造chuàngzào · to create创业chuàngyè · to start a business创新chuàngxīn · innovation创作chuàngzuò · to create

Words with 立

立即lìjí · immediately立刻lìkè · immediately成立chénglì · to establish建立jiànlì · to establish独立dúlì · independent立足lìzú · to gain a foothold确立quèlì · to establish设立shèlì · to set up树立shùlì · to establish孤立gūlì · isolated

More words: Work & Career

策划cèhuà · to plan承办chéngbàn · to undertake承包chéngbāo · to contract筹备chóubèi · to prepare创业chuàngyè · to start a business搭档dādàng · partner代理dàilǐ · to act on behalf of档案dàng'àn · file

FAQs

创立 (chuànglì) means “to found” or “to establish”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuànglì: chuàng with a 4th tone, then lì 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, 创立 is written 創立. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuangli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 创立 from the suggestions. Typing chuangli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
创立 is an HSK 6 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.