Usage note
创新表示创造新的方法或东西。
chuàng xīn biǎo shì chuàng zào xīn de fāng fǎ huò dōng xī。
创新 means creating new methods or things.
Context note
创新常用于科技、工作和发展。
chuàng xīn cháng yòng yú kē jì 、 gōng zuò hé fā zhǎn。
It is often used with technology, work, and development.
5 examples
创新很重要。
chuàng xīn hěn zhòng yào。
Innovation is important.
他喜欢创新。
tā xǐ huan chuàng xīn。
He likes innovation.
学校鼓励创新。
xué xiào gǔ lì chuàng xīn。
The school encourages innovation.
这个方法很有创新。
zhè ge fāng fǎ hěn yǒu chuàng xīn。
This method is very innovative.
创新能带来变化。
chuàng xīn néng dài lái biàn huà。
Innovation can bring change.
5 mini stories
老师鼓励学生大胆创新。
lǎo shī gǔ lì xué shēng dà dǎn chuàng xīn。
The teacher encouraged students to innovate boldly.
这家公司一直在创新。
zhè jiā gōng sī yì zhí zài chuàng xīn。
This company has been innovating all the time.
创新让生活更方便。
chuàng xīn ràng shēng huó gèng fāng biàn。
Innovation makes life more convenient.
他提出了一个创新方法。
tā tí chū le yí gè chuàng xīn fāng fǎ。
He proposed an innovative method.
团队通过创新解决了问题。
tuán duì tōng guò chuàng xīn jiě jué le wèn tí。
The team solved the problem through innovation.
Mini dialogue
科学小发明
A
你的小发明真有创新精神！
Nǐ de xiǎo fāmíng zhēn yǒu chuàngxīn jīngshén!
Your little invention really has an innovative spirit!
B
谢谢，老师鼓励我们要大胆创新。
Xièxie, lǎoshī gǔlì wǒmen yào dàdǎn chuàngxīn.
Thanks, the teacher encourages us to innovate boldly.
画画创新
A
这幅画你用了什么创新方法？
Zhè fú huà nǐ yòng le shénme chuàngxīn fāngfǎ?
What innovative method did you use for this painting?
B
我用树叶代替了画笔，算是一种创新吧。
Wǒ yòng shùyè dàitì le huàbǐ, suàn shì yī zhǒng chuàngxīn ba.
I used leaves instead of a paintbrush; I guess it's a kind of innovation.
Related words and contrasts
similar
创造
chuàngzào
to create
The act of making something new; 创新 focuses more on new ideas or methods.
similar
发明
fāmíng
to invent
Specifically creating something that never existed before, like a machine.
opposite
守旧
shǒujiù
conservative; sticking to old ways
The opposite of innovation, meaning to resist change.