Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
做
zuò
Description
"做"是一个很常用的动词，意思是完成一件事情或者制作一样东西。
"做" is a very common verb meaning to complete something or to make something.
我们每天都会用到它，比如做饭、做作业。
We use it every day, for example, 做饭 (cooking) and 做作业 (doing homework).
Meanings
做zuò
to do; to carry out an activity
你在做什么？
What are you doing?
做zuò
to make; to produce something
妈妈做了一个蛋糕。
Mom made a cake.
做zuò
to be; to work as; to serve as
他想做老师。
He wants to be a teacher.
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Notes
- Nuance
做 is more concrete than 作; 作 is used in formal or abstract compounds like 工作.
- Nuance
做饭 (cook) uses 做; be careful not to confuse 做 with 坐 (sit) or 座.
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