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作

zuò

make; work; compose, write; act, perform

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Example sentences

  • 他在工作。

    Tā zài gōng zuò

    He is working.

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  • 你在工作。

    Nǐ zài gōng zuò

    You are at work.

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  • 他是作家。

    Tā shì zuò jiā

    He's an author.

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  • 一起工作。

    Yī qǐ gōng zuò

    Work together.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 作

  • 工作gōng zuò 1–4 to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
  • 动作dòng zuò 4–4 movement; motion; action; to act; to move
  • 作用zuò yòng 4–4 to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition
  • 作业zuò yè 4–4 school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate
  • 作家zuò jiā 4–1 author
  • 作文zuò wén 4–2 to write an essay; composition (student essay)
  • 叫作jiào zuò 4–4 to call; to be called
  • 合作hé zuò 2–4 to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation
  • 作品zuò pǐn 4–3 work (of art); opus
  • 制作zhì zuò 4–4 to make; to manufacture
  • 作者zuò zhě 4–3 author; writer
  • 创作chuàng zuò 4–4 to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation