创新

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 企业必须不断创新。▶ —
   A business must keep innovating.
2. 科技创新推动社会进步。▶ —
   Technological innovation drives social progress.

Collocations

Mnemonic

创 chuàng "to originate" + 新 xīn "new": a Sino-Korean word "to innovate; innovation". To create (创) something new (新). ① a verb: to innovate (不断创新) ② a noun: innovation (科技创新). Built on the same 创 (to create) as 创业 (to start a business). Opposite of 守旧 (clinging to the old). 灵感 can be its source.

Related

Quick check

1. What part of speech and meaning is 创新?

   • verb (to innovate) + noun (innovation): creating the new
   • clinging to the old
   • the salary received
   • a table of contents