創造

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
• Min Dong (BUC): cháung-cô̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhòng-chō / chhòng-chǒ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cang³ zao⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): tshaan zau (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chuàngzào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanqtzaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong³ zou⁶
    • Yale: chong jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong³ dzou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong³ zou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³ t͡sou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhóng-chho
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong` co
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong³ co⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ³¹ t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cháung-cô̤
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɔ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-chō
    • Tâi-lô: tshòng-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngzoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡so³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-chǒ
    • Tâi-lô: tshòng-tsǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡so²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cang³ zao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàng tsău
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sau³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tshaan zau (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑ̃³³ z̻ɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

創造

1. to create

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

Synonyms

• 製造／制造 (zhìzào)

Noun

創造

1. 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 (そう)造 (ぞう) (sōzō)
• → Korean: 창조 (創造, changjo)
• → Vietnamese: sáng tạo (創造)

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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 (t͡ʃʰɨɐŋ^H d͡zɑu^X, literally “to begin + to make”). Compare modern Mandarin reading chuàngzào, Cantonese cong³ zou⁶.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

創造 (hiragana そうぞう, rōmaji sōzō, historical hiragana さうざう)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 創 (そう)造 (ぞう)者 (しゃ) (sōzōsha): a creator, the Creator
• 創 (そう)造 (ぞう)主 (しゅ) (sōzōshu): the Creator (Christianity)
• 創 (そう)造 (ぞう)性 (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 (そう)造 (ぞう)論 (ろん) (sōzōron): creationism

• 再創造 (さいそうぞう) (saisōzō): re-creation, creating anew, creating again
• 市 (し)場 (じょう)創 (そう)造 (ぞう) (shijō sōzō): market creation
• 信 (しん)用 (よう)創 (そう)造 (ぞう) (shin'yō sōzō): credit creation
• 天 (てん)地 (ち)創 (そう)造 (ぞう) (tenchi sōzō): all of creation, Creation
• 預 (よ)金 (きん)創 (そう)造 (ぞう) (yokin sōzō): deposit creation, the creation of banking deposits

Verb

創造する (transitive, hiragana そうぞうする, rōmaji sōzō suru, historical hiragana さうざうする)

1. to create

Conjugation

Conjugation of "創造する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	創造し	そうぞうし	sōzō shi
Continuative (連用形)	創造し	そうぞうし	sōzō shi
Terminal (終止形)	創造する	そうぞうする	sōzō suru
Attributive (連体形)	創造する	そうぞうする	sōzō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	創造すれ	そうぞうすれ	sōzō sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/創造

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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Korean

Hanja in this term
創	造

Noun

創造 • (changjo) (hangeul 창조)

1. Hanja form^? of 창조 (“creation”).