制造

zhìzào

Traditional: 制造

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Translation

to manufacture, to make, to create, to fabricate

Word origin

A compound of 制 (zhì, to cut out, to make) and 造 (zào, to build, to make), where 制 originally depicted cutting cloth with a knife and 造 combines the walk radical with 告 as phonetic.

Origin
compound
Root
制 (zhì, to make) + 造 (zào, to build)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 制

Stroke order for 造

Examples

chǎng

This factory manufactures cars.

They created a lot of trouble.

This product was made in China.

fēn

Do not create a tense atmosphere.

táilíng

This machine is used to make parts.

制造 (zhì zào) means to manufacture or to make, used for industrial production and figuratively for creating situations such as trouble or rumours.

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