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

• 做文章 to make an issue of; to fuss; to make a song and dance
• 做自己 to be oneself
• 好汉做事好汉当(好漢做事好漢當) daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it; a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
• 做眼色 to give a meaningful look
• 做菜 to cook; cooking
• 做工 to do manual work
• 敢做敢当(敢做敢當) daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it
• 做主 to decide; to make decisions; to take responsibility
• 做生日 to celebrate a birthday; to give a birthday party
• 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
• 无事可做(無事可做) to have nothing to do; to have time on one's hands
• 一不做，二不休 don't do it, or don't rest; either give up, or go through to the end
• 做手脚(做手腳) to defraud; to rig up (a scam)
• 做祷告(做禱告) to pray
• 做脸(做臉) to win honor; to put on a stern face; to have a facial (beauty treatment)
• 做厅长(做廳長) (jocularly) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
• 做声(做聲) to speak; to emit sound
• 小题大做(小題大做) to make a big fuss over a minor issue
• 说是一回事，做又是另外一回事(說是一回事，做又是另外一回事) Saying is one thing, doing quite another
• 现做(現做) to make (food) on the spot; freshly-made
• 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝(在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝) In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined
• 做到 to accomplish; to achieve
• 做媒 to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
• 做错(做錯) to make an error
• 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.
• 凭本能做事(憑本能做事) to follow one's nose
• 做人家 thrifty; economical
• 力足以做 afford; able to
• 做鬼脸(做鬼臉) to pull a face; to grimace; to scowl
• 做亲(做親) to become related by marriage; to marry
• 做不到 impossible
• 做官 to take an official post; to become a government employee
• 做事 to work; to handle matters; to have a job
• 做好做歹 to persuade using all possible arguments; to act good cop and bad cop in turn
• 做爱(做愛) to make love
• 做出 to put out; to issue
• 重新做人 to start a new life; to make a fresh start
• 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门(不做虧心事，不怕鬼敲門) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience
• 做学问(做學問) to study; to engage in scholarship
• 做眉做眼 to frown
• 做东(做東) to act as host
• 做准备工作(做準備工作) to make preparations
• 做活 to work for a living (especially of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in Go
• 叫做 to be called
• 做礼拜(做禮拜) to go to church on Sunday
• 光说不做(光說不做) all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
• 白日做梦(白日做夢) to daydream; to indulge in wishful thinking
• 比做 to liken to; to compare to
• 做操 to do exercises; to do gymnastics

Also contained in

做一日和尚撞一天钟 、 明人不做暗事

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
• 第四十四回 Chapter 44 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 26
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 The Scholars 儒林外史 — 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

• 做臊子 (做臊子) 切做臊子 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 5
• 僧做 (僧做) 討個職事僧做 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五回 Chapter 5 — 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
• 做两 (做兩) 把李吉斬做兩段 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 4
• 切做 (切做) 切做臊子 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 4
• 做一 (做一) 做一擔兒打挾了 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 3
• 剁做 (剁做) 也要細細地剁做臊子 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 3
• 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
• 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
• 今夜做 (今夜做) 今夜做個新郎 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 2