zuò

make; work; compose, write; act, perform

DEFINITIONS

作 zuò
  • to do
  • to grow
  • to write or compose
  • to pretend
  • to regard as
  • to feel
  • writings or works
作 zuō
  • worker
  • workshop
  • (slang) troublesome
  • high-maintenance (person)

STROKES

WORDS

家 jù zuò jiā playwright
jiào zuò to call; to be called
装模样 zhuāng mó zuò yàng to put on an act (idiom); to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics
dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
装腔势 zhuāng qiāng zuò shì posturing; pretentious; affected
bǐ zuò to liken to; to compare to
huà zuò painting; picture
画 zuò huà to paint
寻欢乐 xún huān zuò lè pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
弄 zuò nòng to tease; to play tricks on
量 gōng zuò liàng workload; volume of work
伴 zuò bàn to accompany; to keep sb company
láo zuò work; manual labor
站 gōng zuò zhàn (computer) workstation
恶 zuò è to do evil
日 gōng zuò rì workday; working day; weekday
物 nóng zuò wù (farm) crops
坊 zuō fang workshop (of artisan)
代表 dài biǎo zuò representative work (of an author or artist)
shì zuò to regard as; to treat as
俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom); fig. the originator of an evil practice
慢动 màn dòng zuò slow motion
员 cāo zuò yuán operator
chǎo zuò to hype; to promote (in the media)