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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

做 [zuò]

1. verb [制造] make

做个布娃娃

make a cloth doll
2. verb [写作] write

做文章

write an essay
3. verb [从事] do

做生意

do business
4. verb [举行] hold

做寿

hold a birthday party
5. verb [充当] be

做大会主席

chair a meeting
6. verb [用作] be used as

这块布可以做窗帘。

This piece of cloth can be used as a curtain.
7. verb [结成] become

做朋友

become friends

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

做 [zuò]

1. verb do; make; produce; manufacture; take

做结论

pass a verdict; reach a conclusion

做长期打算

plan on a long-term basis

做衣服

make clothes

请辅导员老师为我们这次活动做总结。
2. verb cook; prepare
3. verb do; act; engage in; commit

从点滴的事情做起

start with little things

大事做不来，小事又不做

disdain minor assignments while being unequal to major ones
4. verb be; become

做演员

become an actor or actress; go on the stage

后来她做保育员了。

Later she became a child-care worker.

今天开会由你做主席。

You'll be the chairman at today's meeting.
5. verb write; compose

做一首诗

write a poem
6. verb hold a family (or home) celebration

做寿

celebrate the birthday (usu. of elderly people); hold a birthday party
7. verb be used as

这篇文章可以做教材。

This article may be used as teaching material.

树皮可以做造纸的原料。

Bark may be used as one of the raw materials for paper.
8. verb form or contract a relationship

做朋友

make friends with

做对头

set oneself against sb.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

做 [zuò]

1. 动干，从事某种工作或进行某种活动

做事情。

做针线活。

做实验。

做工。
2. 动制造

做家具。

做衣服。

做饭。
3. 动写

做文章。

做作业。
4. 动举办；举行

做礼拜。

做满月。

做寿。
5. 动充当；成为

做个好孩子。

做媒人。

做奴隶。
6. 动联结成(某种关系)

做夫妻。

做街坊。
7. 动用作

这间屋子做教室。

送本书做纪念。
8. 动装出(某种样子)

做鬼脸。

做样子。

做作。
9. E((BZ1))统读ｚｕò，不读ｚｕó。((BZ2))参见"作"的提示。

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Examples

这没有什么，我不过做了我应该做的事罢了。: It's nothing. I've only done what I ought to do.
反正我觉得该做的就做，不怕别人嘲笑。: I will do what I think I should do and fear no ridicule.
你要我做的事情我都做了，我总算对得起你了。: I've done everything you asked me to do. I didn't let you down in the least.
要做人民的先生，先做人民的学生。: To be a teacher of the people, one must first be their pupil.
人家怎么样做，你也怎么样做。: Do as everybody does.
人家怎样做，你也怎样做。: Do as everybody does.
他是做学问的人，不会做买卖。: He's a scholar and no businessman.
他总是这样讥评单位上上下下的同事，却不去做自己该做的事。: Instead of doing his own duties, he is always ridiculing his colleagues, high and low.
我们已经做了这款新车的胎具，准备先用胎具做广告。: We have made a model of the new type of cars, and we have decided to market the cars using the model.
熟食店用鸭肫做原料做了很多食品，很畅销的。: The deli prepares many food with duck's gizzard, which is very popular.; 2603 more results

Character Decomposition

亻 [rén]	+	故 [gù]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 11

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