HSK 6 · Media

创作 chuàngzuò “to create” in Chinese

Traditional 創作

What 创作 means

  1. to create
  2. to compose
  3. creative work
  4. to produce
  5. to write
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • a creation

How to say 创作

  • 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作zuò4th tone, falling

创作 in a sentence

  1. 你是何时创作这幅画的？

    Nǐ shì héshí chuàngzuò zhè fú huà de?

    When did you paint this picture?

    Sentence #13124362 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 孩子们总爱创作自己的游戏。

    Háizimen zǒng ài chuàngzuò zìjǐ de yóuxì.

    Children love making up their own games.

    Sentence #364939 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 不知道要等多长时间，我的创作能力才能进步。

    Bù zhīdao yào děng duō cháng shíjiān, wǒ de chuàngzuò nénglì cái néng jìnbù.

    I don’t know how long it will take before my creative skills improve.

    Sentence #814228 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 创作 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 作 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
作zuòto do; to engage in
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 乍first time · zhà

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 乍 (zhà) for the sound: to make, to do.

How to write 创作

创 6 strokes · 作 7 strokes

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

Words related to 创作

Words with 创

创造chuàngzào · to create创立chuànglì · to found创业chuàngyè · to start a business创新chuàngxīn · innovation

Words with 作

工作gōngzuò · to work作业zuòyè · school assignment工作日gōngzuòrì · working day作者zuòzhě · author作家zuòjiā · writer动作dòngzuò · movement作用zuòyòng · effect制作zhìzuò · to make写作xiězuò · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay

More words: Media & Arts

曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)标题biāotí · title布告bùgào · notice传单chuándān · leaflet雕刻diāokè · to carve雕塑diāosù · sculpture对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)发布fābù · to release

FAQs

创作 (chuàngzuò) means “to create” or “to compose”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuàngzuò: chuàng with a 4th tone, then zuò 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, 创作 is written 創作. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuangzuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 创作 from the suggestions. Typing chuangzuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
创作 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.