做 (zou6 | zuo4) : do, make

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做

zou6

zuo4

[1] [v] work; make; do [2] [v] act as [3] [v] pretend to be [4] [v] give (a party, reception, etc.) [5] [v] enter (a profession) [6] [v] become

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

做

This word has been viewed 35775 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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做嘢 zou6 je5 zuo4 ye3 = to work; to do things 粵

點做 dim2 zou6 dian3 zuo4 = "How do I do this?" 粵

叫做 giu3 zou6 jiao4 zuo4 = to be called

做朋友 zou6 pang4 jau5 = to make friends

做法 zou6 faat3 zuo4 fa3 = behaviour, practice, way of doing things

做完 zou6 jyun4 zuo4 wan2 = finished; done; complete

做成 zou6 sing4 = to complete; to accomplish

做錯 zou6 co3 zuo4 cuo4 = to err; to make a mistake

做好 zou6 hou2 = to finish; to complete

做事 zou6 si6 = to work
See all 122 compounds (CantoDict reports 123 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 72 examples containing 做

我喺學校做嘢粵
I work at school

你做乜嘢呀? 粵
Why are you sad/angry?

你做緊乜嘢呀? 粵
What are you doing?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131584,131584#msg-131584]

做咩你咁慢㗎? 粵
How come you are so slow?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]

你做緊乜嘢呀？粵
What are you doing?

教我做功課啦！ ?
Help me with my homework!
[Lit. teach me do homework]

噉樣做為咗搵佢出嚟粵
This way is to find him out.

做乜嚇成噉樣啊？粵
Why are you so frightened?
[Lit. do what scare completely this-way [particle]?]

你想學做生意？
So you want to be a businessman?
[Lit. you want study do business? More direct translation: You want to study how to do business? This is a good example of a serial verb construction. There are three in a row here (想學做) but more are possible.]

獵豹唔可以做寵物㗎！粵
You can't keep a cheetah as a pet!
[Lit. cheetah cannot do pet [particle]]

我真係唔明白佢點解噉樣做呀。粵
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131924,131924#msg-131924]

使乜噉樣做呀？粵
Why is it necessary to do it this way? [Implication: Don't do it this way.]

你越做越自然。
The more you do it, the more natural it will become.

上次我做錯嘢粵
Last time I made a mistake.

我過咗年就要做個量地官囉粵
I'll be out of a job after the new year.

肥仔要做多啲運動減肥。粵
Fat guys have to do more exercise to lose weight.

以前呢度啲生意重做得下嘅，但而家就喎呵囉粵
Doing business here used to be all right, but now, it's over.

佢適合做呢份工。粵
He is fit for the job.

呢份工啱晒佢做。粵
This job is fit for him.

我唔會對你做任何嘅嘢粵
I'm not going to do anything to you.
[Lit. I will not toward you do any (possessive particle) thing]

我對鞋畀我做嘢嗰度個秘書收埋咗粵
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.
[Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]

你近排做嘅嘢，我哋好滿意粵
We're satisfied with the work you've done recently.
[Lit. You recently do [particle] things, we [meaningless word] satisfied. Here, 好 has no particular meaning, and just serves to introduce the adjective afterwards.]

天文學上叫佢做月球粵
In astronomy, it's called "月球" (i.e. the moon).
[上 here means "in the field of".]

點解會噉樣做合作呀？粵 ?!
Why would you co-operate like this?

唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work.
[Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]

你要做個有用嘅人粵
Make yourself a useful person.
[Lit. you need do [counter] useful [possessive particle] person]

做乜搞成噉呀粵
What were you thinking?
[Lit. do what make complete thus [particle]? This is an idiomatic expression that does not take well to direct translation.]

我平時做嘢好敷衍粵
I'm normally pretty apathetic about my work.
[You can also say 我平時做嘢做得好敷衍.]

做任何事都要勤儉。
Be thrifty and hardworking in whatever undertaking you are to start on.

我諗呢個方案以三個月為期可以做完。粵
I believe this project can be completed within three months.

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪? 粵
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

做乜咁鬼鼠呀? 粵
Why are you being so sneaky?

佢起勢噉做晒啲嘢粵
He finished the work with vigour.

你做咁多陰質嘢粵
you did so many bad things

邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.

講就天下無敵，做就無能為力。
[He] talks as if no one in the world could match him, but when he must act, he is completely incapable.

呢份工做到嗍氣。粵
This job involves strenuous work.
[[i]lit.[/i] this job work till gasp breath Note: "job" is topic, not subject. Extent particle 到 is followed by verb phrase 嗍氣.]

唯你又稟神噉做乜啫？粵
Why are you muttering to yourself?

工作做唔晒，如果你要嚟幫，我會無任歡迎。粵
Much work remains to be done. Any assistance that you can render is most welcome.

佢真利害，三兩下手勢就做低對手粵
His opponent was defeated in no time. He is really formidable.

我哋幾個夾手夾腳，好快就做完份報告書粵
We will be able to complete the report very soon with everyone's help and cooperation.

個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣粵
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.

佢做嘢咁慢，做到天光都做唔完啦！粵
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.

你離緊去邊度做呀？粵
Where will you work in the future?

佢做嘢好快手，之不過有時揦西啲粵
He is very fast in what he does, but occasionally he can be sloppy.

咪下扒輕輕，講過就要做到粵
Don't just say it, you must do it.

我做呢份工唔係為錢而係為自己開心。粵
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

我做這份工作不是為錢而是為自己開心。國
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

畀機會我做個稱職嘅老婆粵
Give me a chance to be a good and competent wife.

我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.

一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!

𥊙下佢做乜嘢! 粵
Take a peep to see what he's been doing!

你做初一我做十五
tit for tat, an eye for an eye
[Lit. "what you do for the first half of the month, I will do back to you for the second half" i.e do me harm and I will return the favour. See a video featuring this phrase [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84620]here.[/url]]

這樣做豈不更實際些？國
Wouldn't that be more practical?

噉做會棒打鴛鴦，我做唔落。粵
Doing this would break the couple apart. I cannot bear to do it.

佢做事不留都撳地游水，唔會攞你嚟較飛！粵
He has all along been very careful. He will not land you in trouble.

就算你噉做亦都於事無補粵
Even by doing so, you would not help the situation.

我有壓力，你有壓力，你做咩要挑釁我？粵
"You have pressure, I have pressure, why do you want to provoke me?"
[This infamous quote from 巴士阿叔 ("Bus Uncle") was a cultural phenomenon in 2006. See the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bus_Uncle.]

人家點樣講,你就點樣做。粵
Just do as you are told.

你最好快手快腳做埋你啲功課。粵
You better to finish your homework quickly.

你嗱嗱聲做埋啲嘢，然後去食飯啦！粵
You should hurry up and finish your work, so that you can have your meal!

我哋會瞓身去做好呢份工。粵
We'll give this job our best shot.

科學家係用科學方法做研究嘅人粵
A scientist is someone who does research using scientific methods.

你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty.
[Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]

邊個叫你做㗎,吓? 粵
Who told you to do this, really?
[㗎 is a final particle used here to soften an assertive question. 吓 functions like a question tag that does not carry any actual meaning. ]

吓,點解你要噉樣做? 粵
Tut-tut, what on earth did you do that for?
[吓 is an exclamation used here to express disapproval. ]

冷靜啲，就繼續做嘢。粵
Keep Calm and Carry On

做緊健身操嗰個人係我細佬。粵
The guy doing the keep-fit exercise is my brother.
[In the Canto version, the noun 'guy' is placed after the verbal phrase which modifies the noun. In the English version, the noun is placed before the phrase.]

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

做事出錯要改正﹐但要避免矯枉過正。
We must correct what has been done wrong, but also avoid making correction beyond what is really necessary.

呢單嘢佢識做咩? 粵
Can he really do this piece of job?
[In this example 做 and 咩 are separate. Cf. the shorter more ambiguous "佢識做咩?", which can be interpreted as 1. "What can he do?" (when 做咩 is treated together), or 2. "Can he do it?" (when treated separately).]

跟住個報廢及消帳手續去做就啱㗎喇粵
Follow the condemnation and write-off procedures and you can't go wrong.

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