作 zuō zuò
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verb
to do
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 4; Unihan '作') -
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; Unihan '作'). -
verb
to start
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 2) -
noun
a writing / a work
Domain: Art 艺术
Notes: (Unihan '作') -
verb
to dress as / to be disguised as
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Clothing 服装
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verb
to create / to make
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 3; Unihan '作') -
verb
a workshop
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 作 is synonymous with 作坊 or 工场 in this sense. -
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; Unihan '作'). -
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; Shuo Wen) -
verb
to be aroused
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 1a) -
noun
activity / action / undertaking
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: FGS translation standard: Activity (Kroll 2015 '作' 4a). -
verb
to regard as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '作' 5).
Contained in
- 作用 to play a role ; action / activity / actions / use
- 工作 work ; to do work
- 合作 to cooperate / to collaborate
- 动作(動作) movement / motion / action ; posture / situation ; an activity
- 著作权(著作權) copyright
- 作品 works (of art)
- 作为(作為) conduct / actions ; as
- 工作组(工作組) work team / working group / task force
- 创作(創作) to create / to produce / to write ; creative work / creation
- 操作 to operate / to handle / to manipulate ; to administer
- 协作(協作) collaboration / cooperation / coordination
- 当作(當作) to treat as / to regard as
- 运作(運作) operation
- 作废(作廢) to discard / to cancel / to delete / to nullify ; to be invalid
- 振作有为(振作有為) someone with ability and accomplishment
- 制作(製作) to make / to manufacture
- 叫作 to call
- 作业(作業) work / task / operation ; homework ; to sin ; to attain / to reach a level
- 作料 condiments
- 作家 author / writer ; an adept / an expert ; to manage a household
- 作文 composition / essay
- 作者 author / writer / composer
- 农作物(農作物) crops
- 写作(寫作) writing
- 作风(作風) style / way
- 作物 a crop
- 作战(作戰) to combat / to fight
- 操作数(操作數) operand
- 副作用 side effect
- 看作 to look upon as / to regard as
- 弄虚作假(弄虛作假) to practice fraud / by trickery
- 无所作为(無所作為) to accomplish nothing
- 以身作则(以身作則) to set an example for others
- 作案 to commit a crime
- 作法 method of doing something / modus operandi
- 作主 to decide / to support
- 称作(稱作) to call or give something a name
- 社会工作(社會工作) social work
- 胡作非为(胡作非為) to run amok
- 作揖 to bow with hands held in front
- 装模作样(裝模作樣) to put on an act
- 装腔作势(裝腔作勢) to be pretentious / to strike a pose
- 工作者 a worker
- 作息 to work and rest
- 造作 to make / to manufacture ; a lie / a rumor ; a fake / a forgery
Also contained in
操作系统 、 著作 、 杰作 、 工作流 、 工作站 、 视窗操作系统
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 《竹書紀年》 — count: 186
- 卷二十一 趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 《戰國策》 — count: 164
- 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: 157
- 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
- 《太史公自序》 Autobiographical Afterword of the Grand Historian Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 — count: 142
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 《文選》 — count: 142
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 《文選》 — count: 142
- 卷三 秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 《戰國策》 — count: 138
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
- 君子作 (君子作) 君子作之 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 小雅‧節南山之什‧巧言 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Qiao Yan — 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
- 雅作 (雅作) 而變風變雅作矣 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 序 Preface — 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
- 作歌 (作歌) 君子作歌 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 小雅‧谷風之什‧四月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Si Yue — count: 2