HSK 6 · Verbs

塑造 sùzào “to shape” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 塑造 means

  1. to shape
  2. to mould
  3. to portray
  4. to model
  5. (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)

How to say 塑造

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale塑sù4th 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

塑造 in a sentence

  1. 这位演员成功地塑造了一个老师的形象。

    Zhè wèi yǎnyuán chénggōng de sùzào le yí ge lǎoshī de xíngxiàng.

    This actor brought the role of a teacher to life.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 好的习惯能塑造一个人的性格。

    Hǎo de xíguàn néng sùzào yí ge rén de xìnggé.

    Good habits can shape a person’s character.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 塑造 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 塑 (sù) with each of its parts in a different colour
塑sùto model in clay
  • 朔beginning · shuòSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 朔 (shuò) hints at the sound. Compare it with sù.

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 塑造

塑 13 strokes · 造 10 strokes

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

Words related to 塑造

Words with 塑

塑料袋sùliàodài · plastic bag雕塑diāosù · sculpture

Words with 造

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

More words: Common Verbs

束缚shùfù · to restrict树立shùlì · to establish耸sǒng · to shrug损坏sǔnhuài · to damage塌tā · to collapse探望tànwàng · to visit (esp. someone ill or elderly)掏tāo · to take out (from a pocket)淘汰táotài · to eliminate

FAQs

塑造 (sùzào) means “to shape” or “to mould”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sùzào: sù 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.
Yes. 塑造 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type suzao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 塑造 from the suggestions. Typing suzao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
塑造 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.