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做

zuò

HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 1

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zuò · zou6 (Jyutping)

  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)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

做

Meaning
work, make; act
Radical
亻
Strokes
11
Components
⿰亻故
Cangjie
OJRK
Four-corner
2824.0

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