造作

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make
trad. (造作)		造	作
simp. #(造作)		造	作

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàozuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ zok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chǒ-chok / chō-chok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàozuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàozuò
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: dzàu-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawtzuoh
    • Palladius: цзаоцзо (czaoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ zok³
    • Yale: jouh jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 做作 造作

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-chok
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒ-tsok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-chok
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixzog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/

Verb

造作

1. to make; to manufacture

   • 但是多年以來，中國反動分子造作謠言，蒙蔽輿論，不使中國人民在抗日戰爭中所起作用的真相為世人所知。 [MSC, trad.]
     但是多年以来，中国反动分子造作谣言，蒙蔽舆论，不使中国人民在抗日战争中所起作用的真相为世人所知。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1945, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論聯合政府》 (On Coalition Government), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dànshì duōnián yǐlái, Zhōngguó fǎndòng fènzǐ zàozuò yáoyán, méngbì yúlùn, bù shǐ Zhōngguó rénmín zài kàngrì zhànzhēng zhōng suǒ qǐ zuòyòng de zhēnxiàng wéi shìrén suǒ zhī. [Pinyin]

     But for a number of years the Chinese reactionaries have been fabricating rumours and misleading public opinion in order to prevent the world from knowing the truth about the role played by the Chinese people in the war.

Synonyms

• 製造／制造 (zhìzào)
• 製作／制作 (zhìzuò)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàozuo, zàozuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄗㄨㄛ, ㄗㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ zok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in mainland China)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàozuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄗㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàozuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-tso⁵
    • Yale: dzàu-dzwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaw.tzuo
    • Palladius: цзаоцзо (czaoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥u̯ɔ¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in mainland China)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàozuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàozuò
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: dzàu-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawtzuoh
    • Palladius: цзаоцзо (czaoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ zok³
    • Yale: jouh jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 做作 造作

Adjective

造作

1. affected; artificial; pretentious

Synonyms

• 做作 (zuòzuo)

Derived terms

• 矯揉造作／矫揉造作 (jiǎoróuzàozuò)