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
造假
zàojiǎ
to falsify; to fake
Characters in this word
假 jià
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 叚 false
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 一旦科研数据被发现造假，整个团队的学术信誉都会受到牵连。 Yídàn kēyán shùjù bèi fāxiàn zàojiǎ, zhěnggè tuánduì de xuéshù xìnyù dōu huì shòudào qiānlián. Once research data is found to have been falsified, the academic reputation of the whole team will be implicated.
- 据调查，那家公司的财务报表涉嫌造假，引起了公众的广泛关注。 Jù diàochá, nà jiā gōngsī de cáiwù bàobiǎo shèxián zàojiǎ, yǐnqǐ le gōngzhòng de guǎngfàn guānzhù. According to the investigation, that company's financial statements are suspected of being falsified, which attracted wide public attention.
- 别贪便宜，市面上很多名牌皮包都是造假的。 Bié tān piányi, shìmiànshang hěnduō míngpái píbāo dōu shì zàojiǎ de. Don't be greedy for low prices—many designer leather bags on the market are fakes.
Related words
- 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
- 酿造 niàngzào to brew; to ferment; to create gradually