作 zuò

1. zuò verb to do
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 4, p. 636; Unihan '作')
2. zuò verb to act as; to serve as
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 作 is synonymous with 当作 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '作' 4, p. 636; Unihan '作').
3. zuò verb to start
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 2, p. 636)
4. zuò noun a writing; a work
   Domain: Art 艺术
   Notes: (Unihan '作')
5. zuò verb to dress as; to be disguised as
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Clothing
   
6. zuō verb to create; to make
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 3, p. 636; Unihan '作')
7. zuō verb a workshop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 作 is synonymous with 作坊 or 工场 in this sense.
8. zuō verb to write; to compose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 作 is synonymous with 写作 or 创作 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '作' 3a, p. 636; Unihan '作').
9. zuò verb to rise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 作 is synonymous with 起 in this sense. Etymology: 作：起也。(Kroll 2015 '作' 1, p. 636; Shuo Wen)
10. zuò verb to be aroused
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 1a, p. 636)
11. zuò noun activity; action; undertaking
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 4a, p. 636)
12. zuò verb to regard as
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 5, p. 636)

Contained in

• 暗箱操作 covert activities (election rigging etc); under-the-table manipulations; black operations
• 反射作用 reflex; reflection
• 为虎作伥(為虎作倀) to act as accomplice to the tiger; to help a villain do evil
• 政治工作 political work
• 工作日 workday; working day; weekday
• 词汇判断作业(詞彙判斷作業) lexical decision task
• 电影制作(電影製作) filmmaking
• 造作 to make; to manufacture ; a lie; a rumor ; a fake; a forgery
• 生非作歹 to break the law and commit evil
• 套作 intercropping; growing several crops together
• 半日工作 part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
• 伪作(偽作) to pretend; to fake ; a fake; a counterfeit
• 遗作(遺作) posthumous work
• 作战(作戰) to combat; to battle; to wage war
• 电磁相互作用(電磁相互作用) electromagnetic interaction (between particles); electromagnetic force
• 平秩东作(平秩東作) fixed sequence of spring plowing
• 仵作 coroner (old)
• 作贼(作賊) to be a thief
• 处女作(處女作) first publication; maiden work
• 误作(誤作) to consider erroneously; incorrectly attributed to sb
• 作笔记(作筆記) to take notes
• 义务工作者(義務工作者) volunteer; voluntary worker
• 故作深沉 to play the profound thinker
• 作为(作為) conduct; actions ; as
• 命名作业(命名作業) naming task
• 操作规程(操作規程) operating rules; work regulations
• 创作(創作) to create; to produce; to write ; creative work; creation
• 作者 author; writer; composer
• 作者不详(作者不詳) anonymous author
• 核相互作用 nuclear interaction
• 起居作息 rising and lying down, working and resting; everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
• 作茧(作繭) to make a cocoon
• 代表作 representative work (of an author or artist)
• 正常工作 normal operation; proper functioning
• 作怪 (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)
• 色情作品 porn; book about sex
• 作客 to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with somebody as a guest; to sojourn
• 工作表 worksheet
• 工作组(工作組) work team; working group; task force
• 默不作声(默不作聲) to not make a sound
• 全时工作(全時工作) full-time work
• 新型农村合作医疗(新型農村合作醫療) New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme
• 整作 to make right
• 作主 to decide; to support
• 兴妖作怪(興妖作怪) to summon demons to create havoc; to stir up all kinds of trouble

Also contained in

将作院 、 作业系统 、 得意之作 、 工作站 、 网路作业系统 、 经典著作

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Truncated for common words

• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 189
• 卷二十一　趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 165
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 163
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 158
• 卷十四　楚一 Chapter 14: Chu I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 154
• 卷五　秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 152
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 142
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 142
• 《太史公自序》 Autobiographical Afterword of the Grand Historian Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 142
• 卷三　秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 139

Collocations

• 一作 (一作) 一作冡宰 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 17
• 文本作 (文本作) 延文本作暮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧小明 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xiao Ming — count: 7
• 天作 (天作) 天作 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧天作 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Tian Zuo — count: 4
• 作诵 (作誦) 家父作誦 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧節南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Jie Nan Shan — count: 3
• 作恺悌 (作愷悌) 延文本作愷悌 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧青蠅 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Qing Ying — count: 3
• 甫作 (甫作) 吉甫作誦 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧崧高 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Song Gao — count: 2
• 作诗 (作詩) 作詩而去之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧南山 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Nan Shan — count: 2
• 作弃 (作棄) 作弃 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 2
• 万邦作 (萬邦作) 萬邦作孚 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 2
• 作士 (作士) 汝作士 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 2