HSK 5 · Verbs

造成 zàochéng “to bring about” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 造成 means

  1. to bring about
  2. to create
  3. to cause

How to say 造成

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale造zào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising

造成 in a sentence

  1. 汽车尾气在城镇里造成了严重的污染。

    Qìchē wěiqì zài chéngzhèn lǐ zàochéng le yánzhòng de wūrǎn.

    Car exhaust has caused serious pollution in towns.

    Sentence #5715189 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 洪水造成了很大的损害。

    Hóngshuǐ zàochéng le hěn dà de sǔnhài.

    The flood caused a lot of damage.

    Sentence #907508 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我们不想造成麻烦。

    Wǒmen bù xiǎng zàochéng máfan.

    We don’t want to cause any trouble.

    Sentence #13779660 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 造成 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 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.

The character 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character

How to write 造成

造 10 strokes · 成 6 strokes

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

Words related to 造成

Words with 造

创造chuàngzào · to create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

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

More words: Common Verbs

预订yùdìng · to place an order预防yùfáng · to prevent运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use摘zhāi · to pick (fruit占zhàn · to occupy粘贴zhāntiē · to paste展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold

FAQs

造成 (zàochéng) means “to bring about” or “to create”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zàochéng: zào with a 4th tone, then chéng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 造成 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaocheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 造成 from the suggestions. Typing zaocheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
造成 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.