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  zou6   jyutping
  zuo4   pinyin
[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: (#9)

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

This word has been viewed 32780 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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detail  zou6 je5  zuo4 ye3 = to work; to do things
detail  dim2 zou6  dian3 zuo4 = "How do I do this?"
detail  giu3 zou6  jiao4 zuo4 = to be called
detail  zou6 pang4 jau5   = to make friends
detail  zou6 faat3  zuo4 fa3 = behaviour, practice, way of doing things
detail  zou6 jyun4  zuo4 wan2 = finished; done; complete
detail  zou6 sing4   = to complete; to accomplish
detail  zou6 co3  zuo4 cuo4 = to err; to make a mistake
detail  zou6 hou2   = to finish; to complete
detail  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
detail audio 學校做嘢
I work at school
detail audio 做乜嘢?
Why are you sad/angry?
detail audio 乜嘢?
What are you doing?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131584,131584#msg-131584]
detail audio 做咩?
How come you are so slow?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]
detail 乜嘢
What are you doing?
detail 做功課  ? 
Help me with my homework!
[Lit. teach me do homework]
detail 噉樣做為出嚟
This way is to find him out.
detail 做乜噉樣
Why are you so frightened?
[Lit. do what scare completely this-way [particle]?]
detail 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.]
detail 獵豹唔可以寵物
You can't keep a cheetah as a pet!
[Lit. cheetah cannot do pet [particle]]
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