缔造者

締造者

dìzàozhě

noun #31,936

Measure Word

一位缔造者 wèi

Meanings

1 creator (of a great work)
2 founder
3 architect (in the metaphorical sense)

Characters

to establish / forge (a treaty, alliance)

to make / build

-er / one who (suffix)

Examples

HSK 2

他是这家公司的缔造者。

Tā shì zhè jiā gōngsī de dìzàozhě.

He is the founder of this company.

HSK 7-9

丘吉尔被视为现代英国的缔造者之一。

Qiūjí'ěr bèi shìwéi xiàndài Yīngguó de dìzàozhě zhīyī.

Churchill is regarded as one of the architects of modern Britain.

Tips

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More formal and elevated than 创始人 (chuàngshǐrén, founder) or 创建者 (chuàngjiànzhě, creator). 缔造 carries weight - used for nation-building, dynasties, lasting institutions. 共和国的缔造者 ('founders of the republic') is a stock phrase in Chinese political/historical writing.

Stroke Order

缔 dì

造 zào

者 zhě