做 zuò

1. zuò verb to make
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '做'; Guoyu '做' v 4; Kroll 2015 '做' 3, p. 636; Unihan '做')
2. zuò verb to do; to work
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: An activity, such as work, a dream, etc; as a variant of 作 (CC-CEDICT '做'; Guoyu '做' v 2; Kroll 2015 '做' 1, p. 636; Unihan '做')
3. zuò verb to serve as; to become; to act as
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 做官 'serve as an official' (CC-CEDICT '做'; Guoyu '做' v 1; Kroll 2015 '做' 4, p. 636; Unihan '做')
4. zuò verb to conduct; to hold
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A ceremony or other group activity (CC-CEDICT '做'; Guoyu '做' v 3)
5. zuò verb to pretend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 假装 (CC-CEDICT '做'; Guoyu '做' v 5)

Contained in

• 做戏(做戲) to act in a play; to put on a play
• 做脸(做臉) to win honor; to put on a stern face; to have a facial (beauty treatment)
• 做出 to put out; to issue
• 做菜 to cook; cooking
• 做大 arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do something on a big scale
• 做东(做東) to act as host
• 好心倒做了驴肝肺(好心倒做了驢肝肺) to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs
• 当做(當做) to treat as; to regard as; to look upon as
• 做错(做錯) to make an error
• 做公的 an official dispatched from a government office
• 做礼拜(做禮拜) to go to church on Sunday
• 一不做，二不休 don't do it, or don't rest; either give up, or go through to the end
• 看做 to regard as; to look upon as
• 做亲(做親) to become related by marriage; to marry
• 做张做势(做張做勢) to put on an act; to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics
• 生米做成熟饭(生米做成熟飯) the raw rice is now cooked; it is done and can't be changed; It's too late to change anything now.
• 做媒 to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
• 做活儿(做活兒) to work for a living
• 做牛做马(做牛做馬) to work like an ox, to work like a horse; to work extremely hard
• 做手脚(做手腳) to defraud; to rig up (a scam)
• 做人家 thrifty; economical
• 做生意 to do business
• 做主 to decide; to make decisions; to take responsibility
• 做工 to do manual work
• 做爱(做愛) to make love
• 不做声(不做聲) keep silent; not say a word
• 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊(平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
• 无做作(無做作) unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally)
• 做厅长(做廳長) (jocularly) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
• 做贼心虚(做賊心虛) to feel guilty as a thief; to have something on one's conscience
• 做鬼脸(做鬼臉) to pull a face; to grimace; to scowl
• 现做(現做) to make (food) on the spot; freshly-made
• 做鸡(做雞) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute
• 做声(做聲) to speak; to emit sound
• 定做 to have something made to order
• 做功 to act (in opera); stage business
• 做伴 to keep company; to accompany
• 做文章 to make an issue of; to fuss; to make a song and dance
• 做鬼 to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost
• 做事 to work; to handle matters; to have a job
• 小题大做(小題大做) to make a big fuss over a minor issue
• 做生活 to work; to do manual labor
• 做手 to put one's hand to something; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer
• 唤做(喚做) to be called; to be referred to as
• 光说不做(光說不做) all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
• 做小 to become a concubine
• 做鸭(做鴨) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
• 做绝(做絕) to go to extremes; to leave no room for maneuver
• 做作 affected; artificial
• 力足以做 afford; able to

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 69
• 第三十六回 Chapter 36 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 29
• 第二回 Chapter 32 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 29
• 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 27
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 27
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 26
• 第四十四回 Chapter 44 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 26
• 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 25
• 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 24
• 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 24

Collocations

• 僧做 (僧做) 討個職事僧做 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 5
• 做臊子 (做臊子) 切做臊子 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 5
• 做和尚 (做和尚) 委實肯落髮做和尚麼 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 4
• 切做 (切做) 切做臊子 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 4
• 做一堆 (做一堆) 朝著洪太尉盤做一堆 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一回 Chapter 1 — count: 3
• 做一 (做一) 做一擔兒打挾了 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 3
• 去做 (去做) 你父子兩個將去做盤纏 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 3
• 点检做 (點檢做) 點檢做 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷一百十九 周書10: 世宗本紀六 Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 — count: 2
• 家做 (家做) 如今教洒家做了和尚 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 2
• 内做 (內做) 收留高俅在府內做個親隨 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 2