zuò

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  1. 1. to do; to engage in
  2. 2. to write; to compose
  3. 3. to pretend; to feign
  4. 4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. 5. to be; to act the part of
  6. 6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. 7. writings; works

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Words Containing 作

一鼓作气
yī gǔ zuò qì

in a spurt of energy

以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé

to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model

作出
zuò chū

to put out

作品
zuò pǐn

work (of art)

作客
zuò kè

to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn

作家
zuò jiā

author

作对
zuò duì

to set oneself against

作废
zuò fèi

to become invalid

作弊
zuò bì

to practice fraud

作息
zuò xī

to work and rest

作战
zuò zhàn

combat

作文
zuò wén

to write an essay

作业
zuò yè

school assignment

作为
zuò wéi

one's conduct

作物
zuò wù

crop

作者
zuò zhě

author; writer

作风
zuò fēng

style

副作用
fù zuò yòng

side effect

创作
chuàng zuò

to create

动作
dòng zuò

movement; motion; action (CL:個|个[gè])

协作
xié zuò

cooperation

叫作
jiào zuò

to call

合作
hé zuò

to cooperate

合作社
hé zuò shè

cooperative

写作
xiě zuò

to write

工作
gōng zuò

to work

工作日
gōng zuò rì

workday

工作量
gōng zuò liàng

workload

弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

所作所为
suǒ zuò suǒ wéi

one's conduct and deeds

振作
zhèn zuò

to bestir oneself

操作
cāo zuò

to work

炒作
chǎo zuò

to hype

无恶不作
wú è bù zuò

not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed

无所作为
wú suǒ zuò wéi

attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive

当作
dàng zuò

to treat as

发作
fā zuò

to flare up; to break out

看作
kàn zuò

to look upon as

称作
chēng zuò

to be called; to be known as

著作
zhù zuò

to write

制作
zhì zuò

to make; to manufacture

农作物
nóng zuò wù

(farm) crops

运作
yùn zuò

to operate

上海合作组织
shàng hǎi hé zuò zǔ zhī

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

下作
xià zuo

contemptible

不作死就不会死
bù zuò sǐ jiù bù huì sǐ

serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang)

不作为
bù zuò wéi

nonfeasance

不合作
bù hé zuò

noncooperation

中国作家协会
zhōng guó zuò jiā xié huì

China Writers Association (CWA)

中国左翼作家联盟
zhōng guó zuǒ yì zuò jiā lián méng

the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930

乱作决定
luàn zuò jué dìng

to make arbitrary decisions

二一添作五
èr yī tiān zuò wǔ

lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)

五行八作
wǔ háng bā zuō

all the trades

亚太经济合作组织
yà tài jīng jì hé zuò zǔ zhī

Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization

亦作
yì zuò

also written as

代表作
dài biǎo zuò

representative work (of an author or artist)

作下
zuò xià

to do

作主
zuò zhǔ

to decide; to have the final say

作乱
zuò luàn

to rebel; to rise in revolt

作人
zuò rén

to conduct oneself

作件
zuò jiàn

workpiece

作伴
zuò bàn

to accompany

作保
zuò bǎo

to act as surety for sb

作假
zuò jiǎ

to counterfeit

作别
zuò bié

to take one's leave

作势
zuò shì

to adopt an attitude

作古
zuò gǔ

to die

作合
zuò hé

to make a match

作呕
zuò ǒu

to feel sick

作坊
zuō fang

workshop (of artisan)

作好准备
zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi

to prepare

作奸犯科
zuò jiān fàn kē

to flout the law

作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú

tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people

作孽
zuò niè

to sin

作弄
zuò nòng

to tease

作怪
zuò guài

(of a ghost) to make strange things happen

作息时间
zuò xī shí jiān

daily schedule

作息时间表
zuò xī shí jiān biǎo

daily schedule

作恶
zuò è

to do evil

作爱
zuò ài

to make love

作态
zuò tài

to put on an attitude

作战失踪
zuò zhàn shī zōng

see 作戰失蹤人員|作战失踪人员[zuò zhàn shī zōng rén yuán]

作战失踪人员
zuò zhàn shī zōng rén yuán

missing in action (MIA) (military)

作手
zuò shǒu

writer

作揖
zuò yī

to bow with hands held in front

作数
zuò shù

valid

作料
zuò liao

condiments

作曲
zuò qǔ

to compose (music)

作曲家
zuò qǔ jiā

composer

作曲者
zuò qǔ zhě

composer

作东
zuò dōng

to host (a dinner)

作案
zuò àn

to commit a crime

作梗
zuò gěng

to hinder

作业环境
zuò yè huán jìng

operating environment

作乐
zuò lè

to make merry

作死
zuò sǐ

to court disaster

作法
zuò fǎ

course of action

作派
zuò pài

see 做派[zuò pài]

作准
zuò zhǔn

to be valid; to count

作用力
zuò yòng lì

effort

作用理论
zuò yòng lǐ lùn

interactive theory

作画
zuò huà

to paint

作痛
zuò tòng

to ache

作祟
zuò suì

haunted

作秀
zuò xiù

to show off (loanword, from English \show\)

作笔记
zuò bǐ jì

to take notes

作答
zuò dá

to answer

作茧
zuò jiǎn

to make a cocoon

作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising

作罢
zuò bà

to drop (subject etc)

作者不详
zuò zhě bù xiáng

anonymous author

作者未详
zuò zhě wèi xiáng

anonymous author

作者权
zuò zhě quán

copyright

作兴
zuò xīng

maybe

作色
zuò sè

to show signs of anger

作誓
zuò shì

to pledge

作证
zuò zhèng

to bear witness; to testify

作证能力
zuò zhèng néng lì

competence

作贼
zuò zéi

to be a thief

作践
zuò jiàn

to ill-use

作辍
zuò chuò

now working, now stopping

作风正派
zuò fēng zhèng pài

to be honest and upright

作马
zuò mǎ

sawhorse

作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn

lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)

佳作
jiā zuò

masterpiece

侵蚀作用
qīn shí zuò yòng

erosion

俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu

lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil

俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè

to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

假作
jiǎ zuò

to feign

假动作
jiǎ dòng zuò

fake move or pass (sports)

做作
zuò zuo

affected

做工作
zuò gōng zuò

to do one's work

做准备工作
zuò zhǔn bèi gōng zuò

to make preparations

傅作义
fù zuò yì

Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician

杰作
jié zuò

masterpiece

催化作用
cuī huà zuò yòng

catalysis

仅作参考
jǐn zuò cān kǎo

for reference only

充作
chōng zuò

to serve as

光化作用
guāng huà zuò yòng

photochemical effect

光合作用
guāng hé zuò yòng

photosynthesis

全局作用域
quán jú zuò yòng yù

(computing) global scope

全时工作
quán shí gōng zuò

full-time work

八小时工作制
bā xiǎo shí gōng zuò zhì

eight-hour working day

共轭作用
gòng è zuò yòng

conjugation

分解作用
fēn jiě zuò yòng

decomposition

创作力
chuàng zuò lì

originality

创作者
chuàng zuò zhě

originator

剧作家
jù zuò jiā

playwright

力作
lì zuò

to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc)

动作片
dòng zuò piàn

action movie

劳作
láo zuò

work

化作
huà zuò

to change into

半日工作
bàn rì gōng zuò

part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon

协同作用
xié tóng zuò yòng

synergy

南亚区域合作联盟
nán yà qū yù hé zuò lián méng

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

即兴之作
jí xìng zhī zuò

improvisation

原作
yuán zuò

original works

原作版
yuán zuò bǎn

Urtext edition

反作用
fǎn zuò yòng

opposite reaction

反射作用
fǎn shè zuò yòng

reflex

反射动作
fǎn shè dòng zuò

reflex action

反美是工作赴美是生活
fǎn měi shì gōng zuò fù měi shì shēng huó

being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)

可作
kě zuò

can be used for

可操作的艺术
kě cāo zuò de yì shù

the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)

合作伙伴
hé zuò huǒ bàn

cooperative partner

合作化
hé zuò huà

collectivization (in Marxist theory)

合作市
hé zuò shì

Hezuo, county-level city in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

合作方
hé zuò fāng

(business) partner

合作者
hé zuò zhě

co-worker

合作农场
hé zuò nóng chǎng

collective farm, Russian: kolkhoz

吉卜力工作室
jí bǔ lì gōng zuò shì

Studio Ghibli, Japanese film studio

同化作用
tóng huà zuò yòng

assimilation

名作
míng zuò

masterpiece

吞噬作用
tūn shì zuò yòng

phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)

吴作栋
wú zuò dòng

Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004

周作人
zhōu zuò rén

Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution

呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ

to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it

唤作
huàn zuò

to be called

回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ

to go from anger to happiness (idiom)

国共合作
guó gòng hé zuò

United Front (either of the two alliances between the Guomindang and the Communist Party, 1923-1927 and 1937-1945)

外典写作
wài diǎn xiě zuò

apocryphal writings

多工作业
duō gōng zuò yè

multitasking

多工运作
duō gōng yùn zuò

multithreading

大作
dà zuò

your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific)

大有作为
dà yǒu zuò wéi

to accomplish much

大湄公河次区域合作
dà méi gōng hé cì qū yù hé zuò

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), economic cooperation program between China and Vietnam

大题小作
dà tí xiǎo zuò

to cut a long story short

天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé

a match made in heaven (idiom)

天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi

Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)

天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi

Heaven is cooperating (idiom)

套作
tào zuò

intercropping

始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě

lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)

定作
dìng zuò

to have sth made to order

家庭作业
jiā tíng zuò yè

homework

寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè

pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation

对外贸易经济合作部
duì wài mào yì jīng jì hé zuò bù

Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC)

小作怡情,大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn

a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)

小动作
xiǎo dòng zuò

bad habit (e.g. nose-picking)

尺规作图
chǐ guī zuò tú

ruler and compass construction (geometry)

局部作用域
jú bù zuò yòng yù

(computing) local scope