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做东

zuò dōng

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 做東

What 做东 means

1. to act as host

The characters in 做东

• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord

Sounds the same

Read zuò dōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 作东to host (a dinner); to treat; to pick up the check

Where 做东 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zuò (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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