营造 meaning in English

yíngzào

to build (housing); to construct

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 營造21 strokes

Meaning of 营造

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yíngzào
  1. to build (housing)
  2. to construct
  3. to make

营造 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

房fáng间jiān里lǐ的de镜jìng面miàn墙qiáng营yíng造zào出chū宽kuān敞chǎng的de错cuò觉jué。
A mirror wall in the room creates an illusion of spaciousness.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

营 yíng · camp · 11 strokes

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造 zào · to make · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 营造.

造成zàochéngto bring about; to create; to cause
创造chuàngzàoto create; to bring about
制造zhìzàoto manufacture; to make
经营jīngyíngto engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
改造gǎizàoto transform; to reform
营养yíngyǎngnutrition; nourishment
造型zàoxíngto model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose
营业yíngyèto do business; to trade
构造gòuzàostructure; composition
建造jiànzàoto construct; to build
打造dǎzàoto forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
伪造wěizàoto forge; to fake

Questions about 营造

What does 营造 mean?

营造 (yíngzào) means "to build (housing); to construct" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 营造?

营造 is made of 2 characters: 营 (11 strokes), 造 (10 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 营造 an HSK word?

Yes. 营造 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 营造 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 营造 is written 營造.