HSK 5 · Verbs

制作 zhìzuò “to make” in Chinese

Traditional 製作

What 制作 means

  1. to make
  2. to manufacture

How to say 制作

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale制zhì4th 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

制作 in a sentence

  1. 这块地毯是手工制作的。

    Zhè kuài dìtǎn shì shǒugōng zhìzuò de.

    This rug is handmade.

    Sentence #8815172 from Tatoeba

  2. 孩子们常用彩纸制作手工艺品。

    Háizimen chángyòng cǎizhǐ zhìzuò shǒugōngyìpǐn.

    Children often use coloured paper to make crafts.

    Sentence #13579998 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我在制作电影。

    Wǒ zài zhìzuò diànyǐng.

    I’m making a film.

    Sentence #6583881 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 制作 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 制 (zhì) drawn as one shape
制zhìsystem

制 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 制作

制 8 strokes · 作 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 制作

Words with 制

控制kòngzhì · to control限制xiànzhì · to restrict制定zhìdìng · to draw up制造zhìzào · to manufacture制度zhìdù · system (of rules)复制fùzhì · to duplicate制服zhìfú · uniform遏制èzhì · to curb节制jiézhì · to control牵制qiānzhì · to contain

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写作xiězuò · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay合作hézuò · to cooperate

More words: Common Verbs

指导zhǐdǎo · to guide指挥zhǐhuī · to conduct制定zhìdìng · to draw up制造zhìzào · to manufacture重复chóngfù · to repeat抓zhuā · to grab撞zhuàng · to knock against装修zhuāngxiū · to renovate

FAQs

制作 (zhìzuò) means “to make” or “to manufacture”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhìzuò: zhì 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, 制作 is written 製作. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhizuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 制作 from the suggestions. Typing zhizuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
制作 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.