Chinese word

仿制

Pronunciation

Pinyinfǎng zhì

Meaning

  • verbreproduce

Example

他在家里仿制了一个古代青铜器。tā zài jiā lǐ fǎng zhì le yí gè gǔ dài qīng tóng qì

He reproduced an ancient bronze vessel at home.

Illustration for 仿制 (reproduce)

More examples

警方查出有人在作坊里仿制名牌手表并准备出售。jǐng fāng chá chū yǒu rén zài zuō fang lǐ fǎng zhì míng pái shóu biǎo bìng zhǔn bèi chū shòu

The police discovered someone replicating brand-name watches in a workshop and preparing to sell them.

Core concept

Follow an existing object's design closely while making another object with its main features.

Common phrases

  • 仿制艺术品fǎng zhì yì shù pǐn

    replicate artworks

  • 仿制药品fǎng zhì yào pǐn

    counterfeit drugs

  • 仿制证件fǎng zhì zhèng jiàn

    forge identification documents

Similar words

复制fù zhì: Making a second item that matches an existing one in form or content.
伪造wěi zào: Falsely making a document, seal, or product so it appears genuine.
仿造fǎng zào: Producing an object similar to an existing one by taking it as a reference.
抄袭chāo xí: Taking another person's writing or artwork and claiming it as one's own without permission.

Definition in Chinese

以现有事物为蓝本，仿照其外观或功能进行制造，所得物在主要特征上与原物相似。yǐ xiàn yǒu shì wù wèi lán běn fǎng zhào qí wài guān huò gōng néng jìn xíng zhì zào suǒ de wù zài zhǔ yào tè zhēng shàng yǔ yuán wù xiāng sì

Word origin

仿制 (fǎngzhì, "reproduce") joins 仿 (fǎng, "imitate") and 制 (zhì, "make"), presenting reproduction as making something after a model.

Usage tips

  • In product and craft talk, this word does not by itself say that the maker breaks the law; the surrounding context supplies that judgment.

Other meanings

  • imitateverb
  • counterfeitverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 仿制品fǎng zhì pǐnimitation productnoun
  • 仿制药fǎng zhì yàogeneric medicinenoun

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