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造: to build; party to a lawsuit

 

造 zào

verb
: to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate
: to go to
: to prepare
: party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
: crop; measure word for crops

Kun Reading

造る OR 作る | つくる tsukuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
: to prepare (Food term) ; to brew (alcohol)
: to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
: to till
: to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
: to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
: to coin (a phrase); to organize; to establish; to found
: to have (a child)
: to make up (one’s face, etc.)
: to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
: to form (a line, etc.)
: to set (a record)
: to commit (a sin, etc.)

造り | つくり tsukuri

noun
: make-up; structure; physique

造り | づくり zukuri

suffix
: making; forming; cultivating; growing
: form; appearance

On Reading

ゾウ zou

 Usage:

造句 zao4ju4: sentence-making
造型 zao4xing2: modeling; mold-making; model or mold; molding; pose
[ぞうけい zoukei: molding; moulding; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling]
造反 zao4fan3: to rebel; to revolt [ぞうはん zouhan: rebellion]
造成 zao4cheng2: to bring about; to create; to cause
[ぞうせい zousei: creation; clearing; reclamation]

造成問題 [造成问题] zao4 cheng2 wen4 ti2: to create an issue; to cause a problem

造價[价] zao4jia4: construction cost
製[制]造 zhi4zao4: to manufacture; to make
[製造 | せいぞう seizou: manufacture; production]
創[创]造 chuang4zao4: to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
[創造 | そうぞう souzou: creation]

發明創造 [发明创造] fa1 ming2 chuang4 zao4: inventions
 
創[创]造者 chuang4zao4 zhe3: creator
[創造者 | そうぞうしゃ souzou sha: creator; Creator]

改造 gai3zao4: to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold
[かいぞう kaizou: (Computer terminology) remodeling; restructuring
: modding]
人造 ren2zao4: man-made; artificial; synthetic
[じんぞう jinzou: man-made; synthetic; artificial]
構[构]造 gou4zao4: structure; composition; tectonic (geology)
[構造 | こうぞう kouzou: structure; construction]



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
造反有理 | ぞうはんゆうり zouhan yuuri
: There are no rebels without reasons

造言飛語 | ぞうげんひご zougen higo
: (yoji) wild rumor; wild rumour

捏造記事 | ねつぞうきじ netsuzou kiji
: (yoji) fabricated story; cooked up (news) report

*粗製濫造 OR 粗製乱造 | そせいらんぞう sosei ranzou
: (yoji) mass production of inferior goods

無悪不造 | むあくふぞう muaku fuzou
: Do as much evil as one wants

ウンコ製造機 | ウンコせいぞうき unko seizouki
:(slang) (derogatory term) (joc) someone who does not contribute anything to society; poop-producing machine



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
造繭自縛 [造茧自缚] zao4 jian3 zi4 fu4
: to spin a cocoon around oneself; enmeshed in a trap of one’s own devising; hoist with his own petard

造謠生事 [造谣生事] zao4 yao2 sheng1 shi4
: to start rumors and create trouble

天造地設 [天造地设] tian1 zao4 di4 she4
: lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth; ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in heaven; to be made for one another

戛戛獨造 [戛戛独造] jia2 jia2 du2 zao4
: creative; original

有創造力 [有创造力] you3 chuang4 zao4 li4
: ingenious; creative

*粗製濫造 [粗制滥造] cu1 zhi4 lan4 zao4
: to churn out large quantities without regard for quality; rough and slipshod work

閉門造車 [闭门造车] bi4 men2 zao4 che1
: lit. to build a cart behind closed doors; to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world

時勢造英雄 [时势造英雄] shi2 shi4 zao4 ying1 xiong2
: Time makes the man. The trend of events brings forth the hero.

救人一命勝造七級浮屠 [救人一命胜造七级浮屠] jiu4 ren2 yi1 ming4 sheng4 zao4 qi1 ji2 fu2 tu2
: saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda

 Etymology:

形声 Pictophonetic.
辶 (chuo4: walk radical 162) suggests the meaning while
告 (gao4: to tell, announce) provides the sound.



 Look-alike:
xuan3: to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
[kun: よる yoru OR える eru OR すぐる tsuguru; えらぶ erabu; より yori. on: せん sen]



 Examples:

彼らは橋を造った。
かれらははしをつくった karera wa hashi o tsukutta.
They constructed a bridge.

 
【谚】愚者造房,智才租房。
yu2 zhe3 zao4 fang2, zhi4 cai2 zu1fang2.
Fools build houses and wise men live in them.

 Music:
造飛機 – Danson Tang 唐禹哲

Lyricist:蕭良政、夏木
Composer:吳開芽、伊恩森

造飛機 造飛機 來到青草地

我們說好分開多遠都要再見
回到舊日的山丘看一看從前
陽光還是燦爛的夏天
照出淚光閃閃的笑臉

滿天烏雲漸漸不見的畫面
彷彿是畫出了美好的明天
就算遇到傷心在眼前
也要努力把夢想實現

造飛機 造飛機
曾經歡笑青草地
有過放手飛翔的自由
才有回來重逢的時候
飛上去 飛上去 飛到藍天白雲裡
風中張開啟程的雙手 帶著祝福 我們一直 往前走

陽光還是燦爛的夏天
照出淚光閃閃的笑臉
就算遇到傷心在眼前
也要努力把夢想實現

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary