| 创始人 | chuàng shǐ rén | creator / founder / initiator |   |
| 创作者 | chuàng zuò zhě | originator / creator / author (of some project) / inventor | |
| 制作者 | zhì zuò zhě | producer / maker / creator | |
| 创造者 | chuàng zào zhě | creator | |
| 缔造者 | dì zào zhě | creator (of a great work) / founder | |
| 创始者 | chuàng shǐ zhě | creator / initiator | |
| 创建者 | chuàng jiàn zhě | founder / creator | |
| 创办者 | chuàng bàn zhě | founder / creator / author | |
| 首创者 | shǒu chuàng zhě | creator / originator / first proponent | |
| 造物主 | Zào wù zhǔ | the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God | |
| 创造主 | Chuàng zào zhǔ | Creator (Christianity) | |
| 造物 | zào wù | luck / to create the universe / god (as the creator of all things) / the Creator | |
| 邓小平 | Dèng Xiǎo píng | Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" | |
| 小编 | xiǎo biān | editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer) | |
| 神农 | Shén nóng | Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture | |
| 伏羲 | Fú Xī | Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing | |
| 仓颉 | Cāng Jié | Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and creator of Chinese writing / Cangjie input method (computing) | |
| 神农氏 | Shén nóng shì | Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] | |
| 杨致远 | Yáng Zhì yuǎn | Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo | |
| 伏羲氏 | Fú Xī shì | Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing | |
| 伯纳斯·李 | | Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and creator of the internet | |
| 刘涓子 | Liú Juān zǐ | Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions | |
| 姜石年 | Jiāng Shí nián | Jiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神農|神农[Sheng2 nong2] Farmer God, first of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China | |
| 蚕丛 | Cán Cóng | Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture | |
| 郑易里 | Zhèng Yì lǐ | Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding | |
| 布洛陀 | Bù luò tuó | creator god of the Zhuang minority 壯族|壮族[Zhuang4 zu2] | |
