Chinese word

打造

Pronunciation

Pinyindǎ zào

Meaning

  • verbbuild

Example

我们要打造一个更好的团队。wǒ men yào dǎ zào yí gè gèng hǎo de tuán duì

We need to build a better team.

Illustration for 打造 (build)

More examples

企业要通过技术创新来打造核心竞争力。qǐ yè yào tōng guò jì shù chuàng xīn lái dǎ zào hé xīn jìng zhēng lì

Companies need to build core competitiveness through technological innovation.

Core concept

Turn a plan and its resources into a finished thing, a working organization, or a recognizable identity.

Common phrases

  • 打造核心竞争力dǎ zào hé xīn jìng zhēng lì

    build core competitiveness

  • 打造产品dǎ zào chán pǐn

    develop a product

Similar words

创造chuàng zào: Make a new thing or bring a new idea or value into being.
塑造sù zào: Give a person or image a particular character through deliberate influence.

Definition in Chinese

通过规划、投入或改造，把事物建设或调整为具有特定功能、形象或影响力的动作或过程。tōng guò guī huà tóu rù huò gǎi zào bǎ shì wù jiàn shè huò tiáo zhěng wèi jù yǒu tè dìng gōng néng xíng xiàng huò yíng xiǎng lì de dòng zuò huò guò chéng

Word origin

The compound 打造 (dǎzào, "to build") joins 打 (dǎ, "to handle or work on") with 造 (zào, "to make or construct"), suggesting hands-on effort guided toward a chosen result.

Usage tips

  • English speakers may hear build as mainly physical, but this Chinese verb commonly extends to planned work on groups, projects, and public images.

Other meanings

  • establishverb
  • constructverb
  • craftverb

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