創造

See also: 创造

Chinese

		begin; initiate; inaugurate begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma	to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture
trad. (創造)		創	造
simp. (创造)		创	造

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuàngzào

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong³ zou⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhóng-chho

(Hailu, HRS): cong^ˊ co^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): cháung-cô̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhòng-chō / chhòng-chǒ

(Teochew, Peng'im): cang³ zao⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshaon-zau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuàngzào
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuàngzào
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuang⁴-tsao⁴
  - Yale: chwàng-dzàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanqtzaw
  - Palladius: чуанцзао (čuanczao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong³ zou⁶
  - Yale: chong jouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong³ dzou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong³ zou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³ t͡sou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhóng-chho
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˋ co
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong³ co⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ³¹ t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˊ co^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cháung-cô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɔ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-chō
  - Tâi-lô: tshòng-tsō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngzoi
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡so³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-chǒ
  - Tâi-lô: tshòng-tsǒ
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡so²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cang³ zao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàng tsău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sau³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshaon-zau
  - MiniDict: tshaon^去 zau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshaan-zau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃³³ zɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

創造

to create
創造條件／创造条件 ― chuàngzào tiáojiàn ― to create conditions

創造紀錄／创造纪录 ― chuàngzào jìlù ― to set a record

創造內容／创造内容 ― chuàngzào nèiróng ― to create content

為投資者創造價值 [MSC, trad.]
为投资者创造价值 [MSC, simp.]
wéi tóuzīzhě chuàngzào jiàzhí [Pinyin]
to create value for investors

Synonyms

營造／营造 (yíngzào)
製造／制造 (zhìzào)

Noun

創造

creation

Derived terms

創造力 / 创造力 (chuàngzàolì)
創造學 / 创造学
創造性 / 创造性 (chuàngzàoxìng)
創造性思維 / 创造性思维
創造歷史 / 创造历史 (chuàngzào lìshǐ)
創造者 / 创造者 (chuàngzàozhě)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (創造):

→ Japanese: 創造(そうぞう) (sōzō)
→ Korean: 창조(創造) (changjo)
→ Vietnamese: sáng tạo (創造)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
創	造
そう Grade: 6	ぞう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

/sauzau/ → /sɔːzɔː/ → /soːzoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 創造 / 创造 (t͡ʃʰɨɐŋ^H d͡zɑu^X, literally “to begin + to make”). Compare modern Mandarin reading chuàngzào, Cantonese cong³ zou⁶.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーぞー [sòózóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːzo̞ː]

Noun

創(そう)造(ぞう) • (sōzō) ^{←さうざう (sauzau)^?}

creation: the making of things
Creation: all of existence as created by one or more deities

Derived terms

創造者(そうぞうしゃ) (sōzōsha): a creator, the Creator
創造主(そうぞうしゅ) (sōzōshu): the Creator (Christianity)
創造性(そうぞうせい) (sōzōsei): originality, creativity
創造説(そうぞうせつ) (sōzōsetsu): creationism
創造的(そうぞうてき) (sōzōteki): creative
創造的思考(そうぞうてきしこう) (sōzōteki shikō): creative thinking
創造物(そうぞうぶつ) (sōzōbutsu): a creature
創造力(そうぞうりょく) (sōzōryoku): creativity, creative capability, ability to be original
創造論(そうぞうろん) (sōzōron): creationism
再創造(さいそうぞう) (saisōzō): re-creation, creating anew, creating again
市場創造(しじょうそうぞう) (shijō sōzō): market creation
信用創造(しんようそうぞう) (shin'yō sōzō): credit creation
天地創造(てんちそうぞう) (tenchi sōzō): all of creation, Creation
預金創造(よきんそうぞう) (yokin sōzō): deposit creation, the creation of banking deposits

Verb

創(そう)造(ぞう)する • (sōzō suru) ^{←さうざう (sauzau)^?}transitive suru (stem 創(そう)造(ぞう)し (sōzō shi), past 創(そう)造(ぞう)した (sōzō shita))

to create

Conjugation

Conjugation of "創造する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	創造し	そうぞうし	sōzō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	創造し	そうぞうし	sōzō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	創造する	そうぞうする	sōzō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	創造する	そうぞうする	sōzō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	創造すれ	そうぞうすれ	sōzō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	創造せよ¹ 創造しろ²	そうぞうせよ¹ そうぞうしろ²	sōzō seyo¹ sōzō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	創造される	そうぞうされる	sōzō sareru
Causative	創造させる創造さす	そうぞうさせるそうぞうさす	sōzō saseru sōzō sasu
Potential	創造できる	そうぞうできる	sōzō dekiru
Volitional	創造しよう	そうぞうしよう	sōzō shiyō
Negative	創造しない	そうぞうしない	sōzō shinai
Negative continuative	創造せず	そうぞうせず	sōzō sezu
Formal	創造します	そうぞうします	sōzō shimasu
Perfective	創造した	そうぞうした	sōzō shita
Conjunctive	創造して	そうぞうして	sōzō shite
Hypothetical conditional	創造すれば	そうぞうすれば	sōzō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“創造”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
創	造

Noun

創造 • (changjo) (hangeul 창조)

hanja form^? of 창조 (“creation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
創	造

Adjective

創造

chữ Hán form of sáng tạo (“creative”)

Verb

創造

chữ Hán form of sáng tạo (“to create”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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