How to say “manufacture” in Chinese
manufacture (in a factory)
“Manufacture” in Chinese is 制造, zhì zào: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
制造 is read zhì zào: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the right, 刂 “knife”: cutting and shaping.
On the left, 辶 “walk”; inside, 告 gào hints at the reading.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “制造”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 制造. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 这家工厂制造汽车。zhèjiāgōngchǎngzhìzàoqìchēThis factory manufactures cars.
- 这辆汽车是在中国制造的zhèliàngqìchēshìzàiZhōngguózhìzàodeThis car was made in China.
- 这是中国制造的zhèshìZhōngguózhìzàodeThis is made in China.
More words from the lesson “Production”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “manufacture” in Chinese?
“Manufacture” in Chinese is 制造, pinyin zhìzào.
What does 制造 mean?
制造 (zhìzào) means “manufacture (in a factory)”.
How do you write 制造?
制造 is 2 characters: 制 (zhì) — make; establish, restrict; 造 (zào) — make, create. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 制造?
制造 is read zhìzào. Tones: zhì — fourth tone, zào — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“manufacture” in the lesson “Production”
This word is from the topic “Business” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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