创立
chuànglì
to found, to establish
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 他于1990年创立了这家公司。He founded this company in 1990.
- 这个学派由他创立。This school of thought was founded by him.
Collocations
创立公司创立学派创立基金创立初期
Mnemonic
创 chuàng "to initiate, create" + 立 lì "to set up": to create and set up for the first time, i.e. to found, to establish. Same as the Korean word chang-rip (創立). Used of founding a company, organization or school of thought (创立公司). 创 is a polyphone: chuàng "to create" (创造, 创新) but chuāng "wound" (创伤). It belongs with 成立 and 建立.
Related
成立建立创建创办
Quick check
Which is correct about the polyphone readings of 创?