# 創造
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuàngzào
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cong$^3$ zou$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhóng-chho
* Eastern Min (BUC): cháung-cô̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhòng-chō / chhòng-chǒ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cang$^3$ zao$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshaon-zau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuàngzào
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuàngzào
*** Wade–Giles: chʻuang$^4$-tsao$^4$
*** Yale: chwàng-dzàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanqtzaw
*** Palladius: чуанцзао (čuanczao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cong$^3$ zou$^6$
*** Yale: chong jouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsong$^3$ dzou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cong$^3$ zou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³ t͡sou̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhóng-chho
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong$^ˋ$ co
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^3$ co$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ³¹ t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cháung-cô̤
*** Sinological IPA : /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: cang$^3$ zao$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàng tsău
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sau³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshaon-zau
*** MiniDict: tshaon$^去$ zau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshaan-zau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃³³ zɔ⁴⁴/

### Verb

創造
* 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
    創造內容／创造内容 ― chuàngzào nèiróng ― to create content
       wéi tóuzīzhě chuàngzào jiàzhí [Pinyin]
       to create value for investors

#### Synonyms

* 營造／营造 (yíngzào)
* 製造／制造 (zhìzào)

### Noun

創造
* creation

### Derived terms

* 創造力 / 创造力 (chuàngzàolì)
* 創造學 / 创造学
* 創造性 / 创造性 (chuàngzàoxìng)
* 創造性思維 / 创造性思维
* 創造歷史 / 创造历史 (chuàngzào lìshǐ)
* 創造者 / 创造者 (chuàngzàozhě)

### Descendants

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

## 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 cong$^3$ zou$^6$.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そーぞー [sòózóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [so̞ːzo̞ː]

### Noun

創(そう)造(ぞう) • (sōzō)
* creation: the making of things
* Creation: all of existence as created by one or more deities

#### 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) transitive suru (stem 創(そう)造(ぞう)し (sōzō shi), past 創(そう)造(ぞう)した (sōzō shita))
* to create

#### Conjugation

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

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 創 | 造 |

### Noun

創造 • (changjo) (hangeul 창조)
* hanja form of 창조 (“creation”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 創 | 造 |

### Adjective

創造
* chữ Hán form of sáng tạo (“creative”).

### Verb

創造
* chữ Hán form of sáng tạo (“to create”).