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
• Eastern Min (BUC): cháung-cô̤
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cang³ zao⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshaon-zau

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhóng-chho
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong` co
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong³ co⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ³¹ t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
• 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
    • 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
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sau³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshaon-zau
    • MiniDict: tshaon^去 zau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshaan-zau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃³³ zɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

創造

1. 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

Synonyms

• 製造／制造 (zhìzào)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 創造

1. creation

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (創造):

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

(deprecated template usage)

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

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))

1. 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

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/創造 (Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/創造)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
創	造

Noun

創造 • (changjo) (hangeul 창조)

1. Hanja form^? of 창조 (“creation”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
創	造

Adjective

創造

1. Template:han tu form of

Verb

創造

1. Template:han tu form of