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造

zào · zao

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Meaning

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  1. to make
  2. to build
  3. to manufacture
  4. to invent
  5. to fabricate
  6. to go to
  7. party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
  8. crop
  9. classifier for crops
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Making a sentence

  1. Leon

    老师(lǎoshī)让(ràng)我(wǒ)用(yòng)因为(yīnwèi)造(zào)一个(yīgè)句子(jùzi)。

    The teacher asked me to make a sentence with "because".

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)造(zào)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Have you made one?

  3. Leon

    造(zào)了(le)：因为(yīnwèi)我(wǒ)饿(è)，所以(suǒyǐ)我(wǒ)吃饭(chīfàn)。

    Yes: because I'm hungry, I eat.

  4. Liangliang

    很好(hěnhǎo)！再(zài)造(zào)一个(yīgè)难(nán)一点(yīdiǎn)的(de)。

    Great! Make a harder one.

  5. Leon

    因为(yīnwèi)我(wǒ)没(méi)做(zuò)作业(zuòyè)，所以(suǒyǐ)我(wǒ)现在(xiànzài)在(zài)造句(zàojù)。

    Because I didn't do my homework, I'm making sentences now.

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2 examples
01

一(yí)个(gè)有(yǒu)名(míng)的(de)建(jiàn)筑(zhù)师(shī)造(zào)了(le)这(zhè)个(gè)房(fáng)子(zi)。

A famous architect built this house.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

牛(niú)油(yóu)是(shì)用(yòng)牛(niú)奶(nǎi)造(zào)的(de)。

Butter is made from milk.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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