Word: 造 (zào)

他买土地的目的是要造房子。

Tā mǎi tǔdì de mùdì shì yào zào fángzi.

He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.

他买土地目的是要造房子。

Tā mǎi tǔdì mùdì shì yào zào fángzi.

He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.

他们想先造点声势。

Tāmen xiǎng xiān zào diǎn shēngshì.

They want to build up some momentum first.

他们造了座桥。

Tāmen zàole zuò qiáo.

They constructed a bridge.

他造了一个机器人。

Tā zàole yí gè jīqìrén.

He made a robot.

你以为我造钱啊？

Nǐ yǐwéi wǒ zào qián a?

Do you think I'm made of money?

你听过鲁班造木鸟的故事吗？

Nǐ tīngguo Lǔ Bān zào mù niǎo de gùshi ma?

Have you heard the story of Lu Ban making a wooden bird?

你真是自己造了这栋房子吗？

Nǐ zhēnshi zìjǐ zàole zhè dòng fángzi ma?

Is it true that you built this house by yourself?

墨子不但会思考，还懂得造机械。

Mòzǐ búdàn huì sīkǎo, hái dǒngde zào jīxiè.

Mozi could not only think deeply but also build machinery.

孩子们很爱听女娲造人的故事。

Háizimen hěn ài tīng nǚwā zào rén de gùshi.

The children love listening to the story of Nüwa creating humans.

我就是这样把机器造出来的。

Wǒ jiùshì zhèyàng bǎ jīqì zào chūlái de.

This is how I made the machine.

我造了一张木桌子。

Wǒ zàole yì zhāng mù zhuōzi.

I made a desk of wood.

我造了一架模型飞机。

Wǒ zàole yí jià móxíng fēijī.

I made a model plane.

这个箱子是用纸造的。

Zhège xiāngzi shì yòng zhǐ zào de.

This box is made of paper.

这些工具是用来造房子的。

Zhèxiē gōngjù shì yònglái zào fángzi de.

These tools are used for building a house.

那个箱子是用木造的。

Nàge xiāngzi shì yòng mù zào de.

That box is made of wood.