HSK 6 · Verbs

铸造 zhùzào “to cast (metal)” in Chinese

Traditional 鑄造

What 铸造 means

  1. to cast (metal)
  2. to forge
  3. to cast (pour metal into a mould)

How to say 铸造

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale铸zhù4th 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

铸造 in a sentence

  1. 这口大钟是用铜铸造的。

    Zhè kǒu dà zhōng shì yòng tóng zhùzào de.

    This big bell was cast in bronze.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 古代人已经会铸造铁器了。

    Gǔdài rén yǐjīng huì zhùzào tiěqì le.

    People in ancient times already knew how to cast iron tools.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 铸造 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 铸 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
铸zhùto cast or found metals
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 寿old age · shòuSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 寿 (shòu) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

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 铸造

铸 12 strokes · 造 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 铸造

Words with 造

创造chuàngzào · to create造成zàochéng · to bring about制造zhìzào · to manufacture塑造sùzào · to shape伪造wěizào · to forge造型zàoxíng · shape

More words: Common Verbs

转移zhuǎnyí · to transfer坠zhuì · to fall着手zhuóshǒu · to set about注视zhùshì · to gaze at揍zòu · to beat up阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻拦zǔlán · to stop阻挠zǔnáo · to obstruct

FAQs

铸造 (zhùzào) means “to cast (metal)” or “to forge”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhùzào: zhù 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 铸造 is written 鑄造. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuzao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 铸造 from the suggestions. Typing zhuzao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
铸造 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.