造物

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	thing; object; matter
trad. (造物)		造	物
simp. #(造物)		造	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàowù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄨˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho-vu̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chō-bu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàowù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàowù
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: dzàu-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawwuh
    • Palladius: цзао’у (czao’u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho-vu̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: co vud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴ vud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ vut̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixbut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹⁻²² but̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ but̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ but̚⁴/

Noun

造物

1. the divine force that created the universe
2. (obsolete) luck; fate

Synonyms

• (fate):

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• 命數 / 命数 (mìngshù)
• 命水 (meng⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese)
• 命途 (Hokkien)
• 命運 / 命运 (mìngyùn)
• 字運 / 字运 (cê-ông) (Eastern Min, Hokkien)
• 定數 / 定数 (dìngshù)
• 宿命 (sùmìng) (Buddhism)
• 氣數 / 气数 (qìshù) (literary)
• 氣運 / 气运 (qìyùn) (literary or Southern Min)
• 運命 / 运命 (Hokkien, literary or Hakka)
• 運氣 / 运气
• 運途 / 运途 (Hokkien)
• 運道 / 运道 (yùndào)

 

Verb

造物

1. to create all things

Synonyms

• 造物主 (Zàowùzhǔ)
• 造物者 (zàowùzhě)