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做

zuò

HSK 1 Character

What 做 means

1. to make; to produce
2. to write; to compose
3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
6. to assume (an air or manner)

Example sentences

• 别做！
  Don't do it!
• 我会做饭
  I can cook.
• 做得好！
  Well done!
• 尽早做。
  Do it as soon as possible.
• 自己做！
  Do it yourself!
• 不要做！
  Don't do it!

Words starting with 做

• 做生意zuò shēng yìto do business
• 做东zuò dōngto act as host
• 做到zuò dàoto accomplish; to achieve
• 做出zuò chūto put out; to issue
• 做法zuò fǎway of handling sth; method for making; work method
• 做饭zuò fànto prepare a meal; to cook
• 做事zuò shìto work; to handle matters; to have a job
• 做人zuò rénto conduct oneself; to behave with integrity
• 做完zuò wánto finish; to complete the task
• 做梦zuò mèngto dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
• 做爱zuò àito make love
• 做为zuò wéito act as; used erroneously for 作为
• 做客zuò kèto be a guest or visitor
• 做错zuò cuòto make an error
• 做工zuò gōngto work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship
• 做作zuò zuoaffected; artificial
• 做菜zuò càito cook; cooking
• 做官zuò guānto take an official post; to become a government employee
• 做学问zuò xué wènto pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
• 做买卖zuò mǎi màito buy and sell; to do business; to trade
• 做伴zuò bànto keep sb company; to accompany
• 做文章zuò wén zhāngto make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance
• 做活zuò huóto work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in Go 围棋
• 做声zuò shēngto speak; to emit sound

Words containing 做

• 叫做jiào zuòto be called; to be known as
• 当做dàng zuòto treat as; to regard as; to look upon as
• 定做dìng zuòto have something made to order
• 看做kàn zuòto regard as; to look upon as
• 称做chēng zuòto be called; to be known as
• 不做声bù zuò shēngkeep silent; not say a word
• 比做bǐ zuòto liken to; to compare to
• 说到做到shuō dào zuò dàoto be as good as one's word (idiom); to keep one's promise
• 小题大做xiǎo tí dà zuòto make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
• 好吃懒做hào chī lǎn zuòhappy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom); all take and no give
• 现做xiàn zuòto make (food) on the spot; freshly-made
• 重做chóng zuòto redo
• 无做作wú zuò zuounaffected (i.e. behaving naturally)
• 无事可做wú shì kě zuòto have nothing to do; to have time on one's hands
• 重新做人chóng xīn zuò rénto start a new life; to make a fresh start
• 只说不做zhǐ shuō bù zuòto be all talk and no action
• 订做dìng zuòto make to order; to have sth made to order
• 照做zhào zuòto do as instructed; to comply
• 承做chéng zuòto undertake; to take on (i.e. to accept a task)
• 变做biàn zuòto turn into
• 量身定做liáng shēn dìng zuòto tailor-make; tailor-made; tailored to
• 试做shì zuòto try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out; to experiment
• 光说不做guāng shuō bù zuò(idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
• 明人不做暗事míng rén bù zuò àn shìan honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)

Characters that look like 做

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 敞chǎngopen to the view of all; spacious; to open wide
• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 铍píberyllium (chemistry)
• 铱yīiridium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read zuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坐to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 作to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 座seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 唑azole (chemistry)
• 祚blessing; the throne
• 酢toast to host by guest
• 怍ashamed
• 胙to grant or bestow; sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old); blessing
• 阼steps leading to the eastern door
• 岝name of a mountain in Shandong
• 岞(used in place names); variant of 岝
• 葄straw cushion; pillow