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(chuàng zào) - to create, to bring about in Mandarin

chuàngzào

Traditional: 創造

Line drawing of 创造
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Translation

to create, to bring about

Word origin

A compound of 创 (chuàng, to initiate, to start) and 造 (zào, to make, to build), together meaning to bring something new into being.

Origin
compound
Root
创 (chuàng, to initiate) + 造 (zào, to make)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 创

Stroke order for 造

Examples

They created a new record.

Hard work can bring about miracles.

This company has created many jobs.

Artists create beauty with colour.

We want to create a better life.

创造 (chuàng zào) means to create or to bring about, used of records, jobs, wealth, and art. It carries the sense of producing something new, as distinct from merely manufacturing.

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This word is part of lesson 30.