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动作

dòng zuò

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 動作

动作 (dòng zuò) means "movement/action". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 动作 means

1. movement; motion; action
2. to act; to move

The characters in 动作

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign

Example sentences

• 松鼠动作很快。
  Squirrels are quick of movement.
• 松鼠动作敏捷。
  Squirrels are quick of movement.
• 你动作快点就能赶上他。
  Nǐ dòngzuò kuài diǎn jiù néng gǎnshàng tā.
  If you hurry, you'll catch up with him.
• 约翰做了个愤怒的动作。
  John gestured angrily.
• 要想赶上火车就动作快点。
  Yào xiǎng gǎnshàng huǒchē jiù dòngzuò kuài diǎn.
  You'll have to get a move on if you want to catch the train.

Words starting with 动作

• 动作片dòng zuò piànaction movie

Words containing 动作

• 小动作xiǎo dòng zuòbad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick
• 岛国动作片dǎo guó dòng zuò piàneuphemism for Japanese porn movie
• 假动作jiǎ dòng zuòfake move or pass (sports); feint
• 反射动作fǎn shè dòng zuòreflex action
• 慢动作màn dòng zuò(cinema) slow motion
• 招牌动作zhāo pái dòng zuòsignature move

Where 动作 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Movement & physical actions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dòng zuò correctly.
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