作
zuō
Pinyin

Definition

作
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zuò
  1. to do
  2. to grow
  3. to write or compose
  4. to pretend
  5. to regard as
  6. to feel
  7. writings or works
作
 - 
zuō
  1. worker
  2. workshop
  3. (slang) troublesome
  4. high-maintenance (person)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
  7. 7 to operate
作为
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
作孽
zuò niè
  1. 1 to sin
作家
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
  1. 1 to practice fraud
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to engage in corrupt practices
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
作文
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
作曲
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
作痛
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
作祟
zuò suì
  1. 1 haunted
  2. 2 to haunt
  3. 3 to cause mischief
作者
zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
作风
zuò fēng
  1. 1 style
  2. 2 style of work
  3. 3 way

Idioms (20)

以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
  1. 1 a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
  1. 1 pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
已作出保
yǐ zuò chū bǎo
  1. 1 to do sth under oath (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
指鹿作马
zhǐ lù zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
敢作敢为
gǎn zuò gǎn wéi
  1. 1 to stop at nothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to dare to do anything
为虎作伥
wèi hǔ zuò chāng
  1. 1 to act as accomplice to the tiger
  2. 2 to help a villain do evil (idiom)

Sample Sentences

坦白说，你们的商品质量太低了，我不想和你们一起合作。
tǎnbáishuō ，nǐmen de shāngpǐn zhìliàng tài dī le ，wǒ bùxiǎng hé nǐmen yīqǐ hézuò 。
Frankly speaking, your products are not up to standards. I wouldn’t like to cooperate with you.
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明儿你就给我出门儿去找工作，别成天赖在家里。没个正经工作，我看你上哪儿找媳妇儿！
míngr5 nǐ jiù gěi wǒ chūméner qù zhǎo gōngzuò ，bié chéngtiān lài zài jiālǐ 。méi ge zhèngjīng gōngzuò ，wǒ kàn nǐ shàng nǎr5 zhǎo xífur ！
Tomorrow You’re gonna go out and get a job. Don’t stay home all day. If you don’t have a serious job, I’ll see where you can find a wife!
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不多，才五百个作业员，十条生产线。
bù duō ，cái wǔ bǎi ge zuòyèyuán ，shí tiáo shēngchǎnxiàn 。
Not many. There’s only five hundred workers and ten production lines.
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看在我们第一次合作的份上，可以给您这个价钱。
kàn zài wǒmen dìyīcì hézuò de fèn shàng ，kěyǐ gěi nín zhège jiàqian 。
For the sake of our first cooperation, I could offer you a price like this.
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我们货真价实，信用第一。跟我们合作，您不会吃亏的。
wǒmen huòzhēnjiàshí ，xìnyòngdìyī 。gēn wǒmen hézuò ，nín bùhuì chīkuī de 。
We sell good products with a fair price, and we put credit first. If you cooperate with us, you won’t get the short end of the stick.
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你行的，振作起来，不要放弃！
nǐ xíng de ，zhènzuò qǐlai ，bùyào fàngqì ！
You can do it. Cheer up! Don’t give up!
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王总，为了我们未来的合作，我敬您一杯！
Wáng zǒng ，wèile wǒmen wèilái de hézuò ，wǒ jìng nín yī bēi ！
Mr. Wang, to honor our collaboration in the future.
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这间公司薪水不高，我没那么想做这份工作。
zhè jiān gōngsī xīnshuǐ bù gāo ，wǒ méinàme xiǎng zuò zhè fèn gōngzuò 。
The company offers low pay. I don’t really want to do this job.
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主管，他总是喜欢拖延，我比较不喜欢和他一起工作。
zhǔguǎn ，tā zǒngshì xǐhuan tuōyán ，wǒ bǐjiào bù xǐhuan hé tā yīqǐ gōngzuò 。
Mister, he has a tendency to procrastinate. I don’t really like to work with him.
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有一间公司的股票涨得很快，但是要小心“螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后”，这可能只是一时的炒作而已。
yǒu yī jiān gōngsī de gǔpiào zhǎng de hěn kuài ，dànshì yào xiǎoxīn “tánglángbǔchán,huángquèzàihòu ”，zhè kěnéng zhǐshì yīshí de chǎozuò éryǐ 。
One company's stock increases fast. But beware of the potential danger. This might only be a short-term hype.
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