造 (zào) means Build (made - manufacture - invent). Below are 24 of the 32 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
大雨 造 成了堵车。
Dà yǔ zàochéng le dǔchē.
The heavy rain caused traffic jams.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 造成
努力可以创 造 奇迹。
Nǔlì kěyǐ chuàngzào qíjì.
Hard work can create miracles.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 奇迹
这份签名是伪 造 的。
Zhè fèn qiānmíng shì wěizào de.
This signature is a forgery.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 伪造
他们创 造 了新的纪录。
Tāmen chuàngzào le xīn de jìlù.
They created a new record.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 创造
这次事故 造 成了损失。
Zhè cì shìgù zàochéng le sǔnshī.
This accident caused losses.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 损失
这个错误 造 成了麻烦。
Zhège cuòwù zàochéng le máfan.
This mistake caused trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 造成
不要人为地制 造 麻烦。
Bú yào rénwéi de zhìzào máfan.
Do not create trouble artificially.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 人为
他们 造 了很大的声势。
Tāmen zào le hěn dà de shēngshì.
They generated a great deal of momentum.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 声势
伪 造 证件是犯罪行为。
Wěizào zhèngjiàn shì fànzuì xíngwéi.
Forging documents is a criminal act.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 伪造
她今天的 造 型很时尚。
Tā jīntiān de zàoxíng hěn shíshàng.
Her look today is very stylish.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 造型
劳动创 造 了美好的生活。
Láodòng chuàngzào le měihǎo de shēnghuó.
Labour has created a good life.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 创造
地震 造 成了巨大的损失。
Dìzhèn zàochéng le jùdà de sǔnshī.
The earthquake caused huge losses.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 巨大
这家工厂制 造 汽车零件。
Zhè jiā gōngchǎng zhìzào qìchē língjiàn.
This factory manufactures car parts.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 制造
他曾创 造 过辉煌的成绩。
Tā céng chuàngzào guo huīhuáng de chéngjì.
He once achieved brilliant results.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辉煌
这次事故是人为 造 成的。
Zhè cì shìgù shì rénwéi zàochéng de.
This accident was caused by human action.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 人为
园林里的假山 造 型别致。
Yuánlín lǐ de jiǎshān zàoxíng biézhì.
The rockery in the garden is unusually shaped.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 园林
这座建筑的 造 型很独特。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù de zàoxíng hěn dútè.
The shape of this building is very distinctive.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 造型
工厂主要铸 造 机器零件。
Gōngchǎng zhǔyào zhùzào jīqì língjiàn.
The factory mainly casts machine parts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 铸造
这场灾害 造 成了很大损失。
Zhè chǎng zāihài zàochéng le hěn dà sǔnshī.
This disaster caused heavy losses.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灾害
一场大雪 造 成了交通堵塞。
Yì chǎng dàxuě zàochéng le jiāotōng dǔsè.
Heavy snow caused a traffic jam.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 堵塞
过度砍伐 造 成了水土流失。
Guòdù kǎnfá zàochéng le shuǐtǔ liúshī.
Excessive felling has caused soil erosion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 砍伐
环境会塑 造 一个人的性格。
Huánjìng huì sùzào yí ge rén de xìnggé.
Environment shapes a person's character.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 塑造
这家工厂专门制 造 大型船舶。
Zhè jiā gōngchǎng zhuānmén zhìzào dàxíng chuánbó.
This factory specialises in building large vessels.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 船舶
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造 appears in 32 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 造
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Questions about 造
How is 造 used in a sentence?
This page shows 32 sentences using 造 (zào, "Build (made - manufacture - invent)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 造 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 造 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 造?
The dictionary page for 造 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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