塑造

Chinese

		to model (a figure) in clay	to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture
trad. (塑造)		塑	造
simp. #(塑造)		塑	造

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùzào

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄗㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ zou⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-chō / sok-chǒ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùzào
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùzào
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-tsao⁴
    • Yale: sù-dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhtzaw
    • Palladius: суцзао (suczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ zou⁶
    • Yale: sou jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ dzou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ zou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ t͡sou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chō
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokzoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡so²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡so²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡so³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chǒ
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tsǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡so²²/

Verb

塑造

1. (literally) to model; to mold (a statue)
2. (figuratively) to portray (the image of); to create

Synonyms

• (to portray):

• 刻畫／刻画 (kèhuà)
• 形容 (xíngróng)
• 描寫／描写 (miáoxiě)
• 描摹 (miáomó)
• 描畫／描画 (miáohuà)
• 描繪／描绘 (miáohuì)
• 描述 (miáoshù)
• 繪／绘 (literary, or in compounds)