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 37996 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 10 of 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]]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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