Chinese word

制

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhì

Meaning

  • verbproduce

Example

他们正在制作新电影。tā men zhèng zài zhì zuò xīn diàn yǐng

They are producing a new movie.

Illustration for 制 (produce)

More examples

团队准备制作一部短片参加比赛。tuán duì zhǔn bèi zhì zuò yí bù duǎn piàn cān jiā bǐ sài

The team is preparing to produce a short film to enter a competition.

Core concept

Making is viewed as a sequence of methods that transforms selected material into a completed result.

Common phrases

  • 制作短片zhì zuò duǎn piàn

    produce a short film

  • 制作海报zhì zuò hǎi bào

    produce a poster

  • 制作广告zhì zuò guǎng gào

    produce an advertisement

Similar words

制作zhì zuò: Planning and making a work such as a film or stage production into a finished form.
创作chuàng zuò: Creating a new work such as a novel or painting from original ideas.
制造zhì zào: Processing materials into industrial goods such as machines or parts.
生产shēng chǎn: Continuously producing goods or crops at a factory or farm.

Definition in Chinese

用工具或工序把原料、素材裁整或组合成可使用或观赏的成品，侧重制作的工序与手段。yòng gōng jù huò gōng xù bǎ yuán liào sù cái cái zhěng huò zǔ hé chéng kě shǐ yòng huò guān shǎng de chéng pǐn cè zhòng zhì zuò de gōng xù yǔ shǒu duàn

Word origin

制 (zhì, "produce by forming") developed from an old cutting-and-shaping image, making its production meaning a natural extension of turning material into a finished form.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this production sense usually appears in compounds such as 制作 (zhìzuò, "to produce"), while the single character is less common as a standalone verb.

Other meanings

  • manufactureverb
  • makeverb
  • createverb

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