作
zuòTraditional: 作
Translation
to do, to make, to act as, to compose
Word origin
A pictograph derived from a depiction of a person making or beginning something, later given the 亻 (person) radical, meaning to do, make or act as.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 亻(rén, person) + 乍 (zhà, suddenly, phonetic)
Stroke order
作
Examples
诗。
He composed a poem.
。
We must make the right choice.
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She works as a translator at the company.
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One must not act falsely in this matter.
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Please treat this as a piece of practice.
作 (zuò) means to do, make, act as or compose, and appears in many compounds such as 工作 (work) and 作品 (a work, composition). It overlaps with 做 (zuò) but tends to be more formal or written.
Appears in 6 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 作.
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Grammar articles
(9)Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 在/正在, 过 - the System That Replaces Tense
The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It
Mandarin Co-verbs: 从, 到, 在, 用, 坐, 给 - the Prepositions That Look Like Verbs
Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 想, 要, 应该, 可以, 能 and the Future-Intent Words 打算, 准备
Mandarin Resultative Complements: Fusing a Result onto the Verb (看见, 吃完, 找到)
Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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