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- to make
- to build
- to manufacture
- to invent
- to fabricate
- to go to
- party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
- crop
- classifier for crops
Trad. 編造
- to compile
- to draw up
- to fabricate
- to invent
- to concoct
- to make up
- to cook up
- to create Chinese characters
- cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
- to bring up
- to train
- to contribute to
- achievements (usually of young people)
Trad. 造橋
- Zaoqiao or Tsaochiao township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
- luck
- to create the universe
- god (as the creator of all things)
- the Creator
Trad. 造詣
- level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge)
- (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
- to model; to mold
- (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
- (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)
Trad. 釀造
- to brew
- to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation
- to rebuild; to reconstruct; to regenerate
- (in set phrases like 恩同再造[en1 tong2 zai4 zao4]) to save sb's life
Trad. 監織造
- supervisor of textiles (official post in Ming dynasty)
Trad. 造橋鄉
- Zaoqiao or Tsaochiao township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
Trad. 粗製濫造
- to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
Trad. 人造語言
- artificial language
- constructed language
- conlang
- collisional orogeny
- mountain building as a result of continents colliding
Trad. 矯揉造作
- pretension
- affectation
- putting on artificial airs
Trad. 天造地設
- lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)
- ideal
- perfect
- (of a match) made in heaven
- to be made for one another
Trad. 發明創造
- to invent and innovate
- inventions and innovations
Trad. 遊民改造
- rehabilitation of displaced persons
Trad. 憑空捏造
- fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
Trad. 胡編亂造
- to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
- to make things up
Trad. 造型氣球
- balloon modeling
- balloon twisting
- custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character)
Trad. 造山運動
- mountain building (geology)
- orogenesis
Trad. 造父變星
- (astronomy) Cepheid variable star
Trad. 藝術造街
- city precinct with a streetscape created by artists
Trad. 造繭自縛
- to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- hoist with his own petard
Trad. 造謠生事
- to start rumours and create trouble
Trad. 登峰造極
- to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements)
Trad. 構造運動
- tectonic movement
- movement of earth's crust
Trad. 閉門造車
- lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom)
- fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities
Trad. 勞動改造
- reeducation through labor
- laogai (prison camp)
Trad. 向壁虛造
- facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
Trad. 造血幹細胞
- blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)
Trad. 時勢造英雄
- Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
Trad. 用戶創造內容
- user-generated content (of a website)
Trad. 計算機集成製造
- computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)
Trad. 中國製造2025
- Made in China 2025, strategic plan to upgrade Chinese industry especially in high-tech areas, approved by China's State Council in 2015
Trad. 救人一命勝造七級浮屠
- saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)