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

• 作鸟兽散(作鳥獸散) scatter like birds and beasts; to head off in various directions; to flee helter-skelter
• 制作商(製作商) maker; manufacturer
• 作案 to commit a crime
• 苦中作乐(苦中作樂) finding joy despite suffering; to enjoy in spite of hardship
• 家庭作业(家庭作業) homework
• 胡作非为(胡作非為) to run amok
• 振作有为(振作有為) someone with ability and accomplishment
• 蒸腾作用(蒸騰作用) transpiration
• 小作怡情，大作伤身(小作怡情，大作傷身) a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful
• 新闻工作者(新聞工作者) journalist
• 敢作敢为(敢作敢為) to stop at nothing ; to dare to do anything
• 看作 to look upon as; to regard as
• 凡作 ordinary work
• 作兴(作興) maybe; possibly; there is reason to believe
• 发作性嗜睡病(發作性嗜睡病) narcolepsy
• 作数(作數) valid; counting (as valid)
• 仅作参考(僅作參考) for reference only
• 作好准备(作好準備) to prepare; to make adequate preparation
• 制礼作乐(制禮作樂) formulate rites and music
• 当作(當作) to treat as; to regard as
• 作者不详(作者不詳) anonymous author
• 呼牛作马(呼牛作馬) to call something a cow or a horse; it doesn't matter what you call it
• 工作量 workload; volume of work
• 已作出保 to do something under oath
• 色情作品 porn; book about sex
• 无恶不作(無惡不作) not to shrink from any crime; to commit any imaginable misdeed
• 劳资合作(勞資合作) cooperation of labor and capitalists
• 弄虚作假(弄虛作假) to practice fraud; by trickery
• 工作时间(工作時間) working hours
• 作祟 haunted; to haunt; to cause mischief
• 用作 to use for the purpose of; to serve as
• 作曲 to compose (music)
• 著作 to write ; literary work; book; article; writings
• 为虎作伥(為虎作倀) to act as accomplice to the tiger; to help a villain do evil
• 无所作为(無所作為) to accomplish nothing
• 犯上作乱(犯上作亂) to rebel against the emperor
• 所作所为(所作所為) a person's actions and conduct; all of a person's deeds
• 工作狂 workaholic
• 逢场作戏(逢場作戲) find a stage, put on a comedy; to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions
• 工作单位(工作單位) work unit
• 诈作不知(詐作不知) feigned ignorance
• 工作台(工作檯) workbench; work station
• 东作(東作) spring plowing
• 混作 mixed cropping (i.e. growing two crops together)
• 劳作(勞作) to do work labor ; handicrafts
• 处女作(處女作) first publication; maiden work
• 炒作 to hype; to promote (in the media)
• 平秩东作(平秩東作) fixed sequence of spring plowing
• 作势(作勢) to adopt an attitude; to strike a posture
• 故作端庄(故作端莊) artificial show of seriousness; to pretend to be solemn

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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
• 《太史公自序》 Autobiographical Afterword of the Grand Historian Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — 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: 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
• 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
• 雅作 (雅作) 而變風變雅作矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 2
• 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
• 作乂 (作乂) 萬邦作乂 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 2