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
造价
zàojià
construction cost; cost of building
Characters in this word
价 jià
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 介 agent, go-between, intermediary
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于钢材价格上涨，桥梁项目的造价比最初预算高出不少。 Yóuyú gāngcái jiàgé shàngzhǎng, qiáoliáng xiàngmù de zàojià bǐ zuìchū yùsuàn gāo chū bù shǎo. Because steel prices rose, the construction cost of the bridge project was considerably higher than the initial budget.
- 这栋楼的造价太高，开发商迟迟不敢动工。 Zhè dòng lóu de zàojià tài gāo, kāifāshāng chíchí bù gǎn dònggōng. The construction cost of this building is too high, so the developer hesitates to break ground.
- 工程师们仔细核对了每一座桥梁的造价。 Gōngchéngshīmen zǐxì héduìle měi yī zuò qiáoliáng de zàojià. The engineers carefully checked the construction cost of every bridge.
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