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HSK
accomplishment / success / achievement / CL: 個|个 / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about
HSK 3
to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record)
HSK 3
to create; to produce; to write / a creative work; a creation
HSK 3
to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
HSK 5
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
HSK 6
to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
HSK 4
to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work
HSK 7-9
to bring about; to create; to cause
HSK 3
to create; to come up with (an idea etc)
social credit system, a system that incentivizes individuals and businesses by creating consequences for good and bad behavior
Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft
to model; to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)
HSK 7-9
to cause a sensation / to create a stir in (a place) / commotion / controversy
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control / (dialect) affecting shyness; coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten
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  *创* | 创* | *创
to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
HSK 7-9
person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]
HSK 7-9
to establish; to set up / to create (suitable conditions etc)
to draw; to paint; to create artwork
to cause trouble / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
to breed / to flourish / to cause / to provoke / to create
Tuzki, a Chinese cartoon rabbit character used in emoticons and stickers, created in 2006
to make sth difficult / to create obstacles
to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process
to join in the fun / to get in on the action / (fig.) to butt in / to create more trouble
to formulate; to institute; to create
to generate revenue; to create extra income
to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music
to found / to create
children of officials / word created by analogy with 富二代
virtual currency created by Baidu
red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
to create a sensation
to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble
question bank (for examiners creating an exam, or students preparing for an exam)
disturbance; riot / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
to hinder / to obstruct / to create difficulties
to compose (a piece of music) / (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride)
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
to create something from nothing (idiom)
(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
to build up public opinion / to create a fuss
(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor; to make a din; to kick up a fuss about
to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熵* | 熵* | *熵
entropy (character created in 1923)
Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area 申根區|申根区
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique
to start rumours and create trouble
to disturb / to create confusion / to make a din
to smudge (become smeared) / to smudge (create a blurred effect) / shading (wash painting technique)
Taisei Yokusankai, Japanese fascist organization created in 1940
(Tw) (media) writing an article or creating a video favorable to a business in return for payment from the business (abbr. for 業務配合|业务配合)
luck / to create the universe / god (as the creator of all things) / the Creator
tablet in honor of a person who is still alive (or was alive when the tablet was created)
to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)
lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom) / fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
to build (for the first time) / to create (a building)
to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书
to create a disturbance; to make trouble; to harass
pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it
to cast / to forge / to form / to create
to create an uproar
to increase the number of jobs; to create jobs
(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties
to create a disruption at an event or venue
to heckle / rowdy jeering / to create a disturbance
lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) / fig. flourishing / thriving / prosperous
to create trouble for oneself (idiom)
bustling / to create trouble / to disturb
gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera / to create a disturbance
to form and train (a military unit) / to create and practice (a martial art) / to train oneself (by real-life experience)
(cartography) to make a map / (architecture etc) to draft; to draw (blueprints) / (graphic design) to create graphics
historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia and jia are grouped in bao
to create a big disturbance
city precinct with a streetscape created by artists
Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里, underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码
lit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom) / fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble
Cheng Miao, a jailer-turned-prisoner in the Qin dynasty who created the clerical style of Chinese calligraphy
to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show)
form (used in programming languages such as Visual Basic and Delphi to create a GUI window)
to create a precedent
to shake (a part of one's body) / to shrug (shoulders) / to create a sensation / to incite


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