酿 niàng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 酉 wine 良 good, virtuous, respectable
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
酿造
niàngzào
to brew; to ferment; to create gradually
Characters in this word
造 zào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 告 to tell, to inform, to announce
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家酒厂坚持用传统工艺酿造米酒，以保留当地独特的风味。 Zhè jiā jiǔchǎng jiānchí yòng chuántǒng gōngyì niàngzào mǐjiǔ, yǐ bǎoliú dāngdì dútè de fēngwèi. This distillery insists on brewing rice wine with traditional techniques to preserve the area's distinctive flavour.
- 爷爷每年秋天都会自己酿造葡萄酒。 Yéye měi nián qiūtiān dōu huì zìjǐ niàngzào pútaojiǔ. Every autumn grandpa makes grape wine himself.
- 酿造酱油需要很长的时间和耐心。 Niàngzào jiàngyóu xūyào hěn cháng de shíjiān hé nàixīn. Brewing soy sauce takes a long time and a lot of patience.
Related words
- 酝酿 yùnniàng to brew; to ferment; to prepare gradually
- 创造 chuàngzào to create
- 改造 gǎizào to rebuild; to transform
- 造 zào to make; to build
- 造成 zàochéng to cause
- 制造 zhìzào to make; to produce
- 构造 gòuzào structure
- 造型 zàoxíng shape; style
- 建造 jiànzào to build
- 打造 dǎzào to create, to build
- 塑造 sùzào to shape, to mold
- 编造 biānzào to fabricate; to make up