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作
Trad. 作
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 人
Strokes 2
Composition
Strokes 7
Structure
Decomp. 亻乍
Prononciation
Mandarin zuò; zuō
Entry Methods
Pinyin zuo4; zuo1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 OOS
人人尸
Sijiao 2821.1
Wubi WTHF
CNS 11643 1-4922
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+4F5C
GB2312 D7F7
BIG5 A740
Results for 作
作 zuò to do / to engage in / to write / to compose / to pretend / to feign / to regard as / to consider to be / to be / to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings / works
作 zuō (bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)
Results beginning with 作
作者 zuò zhě author / writer
作品 zuò pǐn work (of art) / opus / CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
作为 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
作家 zuò jiā author / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract
作业 zuò yè school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL:個|个[ge4] / to operate
作战 zuò zhàn combat / to fight
作文 zuò wén to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[pian1]
作风 zuò fēng style / style of work / way
作弊 zuò bì to practice fraud / to cheat / to engage in corrupt practices
作曲 zuò qǔ to compose (music)
作案 zuò àn to commit a crime
作物 zuò wù crop
作客 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn
作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi
作对 zuò duì to set oneself against / to oppose / to make a pair
作证 zuò zhèng to bear witness / to testify / to serve as evidence
作主 zuò zhǔ to decide / to have the final say
作坊 zuō fang workshop (of artisan)
作揖 zuò yī to bow with hands held in front
作息 zuò xī to work and rest
作废 zuò fèi to become invalid / to cancel / to delete / to nullify
作答 zuò dá to answer / to respond
作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作画 zuò huà to paint
作罢 zuò bà to drop (subject etc)
作祟 zuò suì haunted / to haunt / to cause mischief
作秀 zuò xiù to show off (loanword, from English "show") / to grandstand / to perform in a stage show
作势 zuò shì to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture
作痛 zuò tòng to ache
作恶 zuò è to do evil
作爱 zuò ài to make love
作乐 zuò lè to make merry
作伴 zuò bàn to accompany / to keep sb company
作假 zuò jiǎ to counterfeit / to falsify / to cheat / to defraud / fraudulent / to behave affectedly
作弄 zuò nòng to tease / to play tricks on
作乱 zuò luàn to rebel / to rise in revolt
作呕 zuò ǒu to feel sick / to feel nauseous / to feel disgusted
作别 zuò bié to take one's leave / to bid farewell
作孽 zuò niè to sin
作料 zuó liao condiments / seasoning
作古 zuò gǔ to die / to pass away
作践 zuò jiàn to ill-use / to humiliate / to degrade / to ruin / also pr. [zuo2 jian4]
作派 zuò pài variant of 做派[zuo4pai4]
作梗 zuò gěng to hinder / to obstruct / to create difficulties
作东 zuò dōng to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check
作色 zuò sè to show signs of anger / to flush with annoyance
作死 zuò sǐ to court disaster / also pr. [zuo1si3]
作保 zuò bǎo to act as surety for sb / to be sb's guarantor / to stand bail for sb
作辍 zuò chuò now working, now stopping
作合 zuò hé to make a match / to get married
作茧 zuò jiǎn to make a cocoon
作件 zuò jiàn workpiece
作料 zuò liao condiments / seasoning / coll. pr. [zuo2 liao5] / Taiwan pr. [zuo2 liao4]
作马 zuò mǎ sawhorse
作陪 zuò péi to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company
作人 zuò rén to conduct oneself / same as 做人
作誓 zuò shì to pledge
作手 zuò shǒu writer / expert
作寿 zuò shòu variant of 做壽|做寿[zuo4 shou4]
作数 zuò shù valid / counting (as valid)
作态 zuò tài to put on an attitude / to pose
作下 zuò xià to do / to make (usually bad connotation)
作兴 zuò xīng maybe / possibly / there is reason to believe
作贼 zuò zéi to be a thief
作准 zuò zhǔn to be valid / to count / authentic
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作曲家 zuò qǔ jiā composer / songwriter
作用力 zuò yòng lì (physics) action force
作笔记 zuò bǐ jì to take notes
作战靴  combat boots
作战服  battle dress uniform
作业图  working chart
作古人 zuò gǔ rén to die / to pass away
作哼声 zuò hēng shēng snort
作交易 zuò jiāo yì to deal / to transact
作曲者 zuò qǔ zhě composer / song writer
作业员 zuò yè yuán operator (of a machine etc) / factory worker
作战部 zuò zhàn bù Operations
作战区 zuò zhàn qū combat zone
作者权 zuò zhě quán copyright
作战计划  operational plan / operation plan
作息时间 zuò xī shí jiān daily schedule / daily routine
作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard
作奸犯科 zuò jiān fàn kē to flout the law
作威作福 zuò wēi zuò fú tyrannical abuse (idiom) / riding roughshod over people
作战基地  operating base
作战弹头  combat warhead
作战补给  combat supplies
作业计划  operational planning
作业干事  Operations Officer
作物产量  crop yield
作物监测  crop monitoring
作战地雷  live mine
作战地带  combat zone
作业地区  operational area / scene of operations
作战用的  live
作战地图  operational map
作战控制  operational control
作战空间  battle space
作战参谋  operations staff officer
作业记录  field record
作物外销  external crop marketing
作战思想  general concept of operations / concept of operations
作准文本  authentic text
作出让步 zuò chū ràng bù to make a concession / to compromise
作风正派 zuò fēng zhèng pài to be honest and upright / to have moral integrity
作好准备 zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi to prepare / to make adequate preparation
作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter
作物铲除 zuò wù chǎn chú crop eradication
作物类型 zuò wù lèi xíng crop pattern
作物年度 zuò wù nián duó crop year
作物歉收 zuò wù qiàn shōu crop failure
作物生产 zuò wù shēng chǎn crop production
作物损害 zuò wù sǔn hài crop damage
作物替代 zuò wù tì dài crop replacement
作训主任 zuò xùn zhǔ rèn Chief Operations Officer
作业方式 zuò yè fāng shì method of operation
作业环境 zuò yè huán jìng operating environment
作业区域 zuò yè qū yù field of operations
作业审计 zuò yè shěn jì operational audit
作业系统 zuò yè xì tǒng operating system (Tw)
作用光谱 zuò yòng guāng pǔ action spectrum
作用理论 zuò yòng lǐ lùn interactive theory
作战电台 zuò zhàn diàn tái combat net radio
作战方案 zuò zhàn fāng àn course of action
作战口粮 zuò zhàn kǒu liáng combat ration / field ration / composite ration
作战设备 zuò zhàn shè bèi warlike equipment
作战失踪 zuò zhàn shī zōng see 作戰失蹤人員|作战失踪人员[zuo4 zhan4 shi1 zong1 ren2 yuan2]
作战卫星 zuò zhàn wèi xīng killer satellite / hunter-killer satellite;
作战物资 zuò zhàn wù zī warlike materials
作战状态 zuò zhàn zhuàng tài operational footing
作者不详 zuò zhě bù xiáng author unknown
作证能力 zuò zhèng néng lì competence
作者未详 zuò zhě wèi xiáng author unspecified
作物病虫害 zuò wù bìng chóng hài pest
作物生态学 zuò wù shēng tài xué crop ecology
作息时间表 zuò xī shí jiān biǎo daily schedule / work schedule
作战指挥室 zuò zhàn zhǐ huī shì operations room / OPS room
作战直升机 zuò zhàn zhí shēng jī combat helicopter
作物生产技术  crop production technology
作物水分指数  Crop Moisture Index
作业控制中心  Operations Control Centre
作好干旱准备  drought preparedness
作物生物技术  crop biotechnology
作战失踪人员 zuò zhàn shī zōng rén yuán missing in action (MIA) (military)
作物年平均价格  crop year price
作物和畜牧系统  crop-livestock system
作业条件超常因数  intensified operational use factor / intensified operational conditions factor
作战物资管理中心  matériel management centre
Approximate Results for 作
工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
操作 cāo zuò to work / to operate / to manipulate
合作 hé zuò to cooperate / to collaborate / to work together
制作 zhì zuò to make / to manufacture
动作 dòng zuò movement / motion / action (CL:個|个[ge4]) / to act / to move
创作 chuàng zuò to create / to produce / to write / a creative work / a creation
运作 yùn zuò to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing)
写作 xiě zuò to write / to compose / writing / written works
当作 dàng zuò to treat as / to regard as
大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly
协作 xié zuò cooperation / coordination
发作 fā zuò to flare up / to break out
着作 zhù zuò literary work / writings / to write
著作 zhù zuò to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:部[bu4]
炒作 chǎo zuò to hype / to promote (in the media)
看作 kàn zuò to look upon as / to regard as
化作 huà zuò to change into / to turn into / to become
用作 yòng zuò to use for the purpose of / to serve as
可作 kě zuò can be used for
称作 chēng zuò to be called / to be known as
装作 zhuāng zuò to pretend / to feign / to act a part
故作 gù zuò to pretend / to feign
杰作 jié zuò masterpiece
力作 lì zuò to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc) / a masterpiece
佳作 jiā zuò masterpiece / fine piece of writing
原作 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author
叫作 jiào zuò to call / to be called
振作 zhèn zuò to bestir oneself / to pull oneself together / to cheer up / to uplift / to stimulate
做作 zuò zuo affected / artificial
自作 zì zuò to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive)
名作 míng zuò masterpiece / famous work
习作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise
视作 shì zuò to regard as / to treat as
劳作 láo zuò work / manual labor
比作 bǐ zuò to liken to / to compare to
耕作 gēng zuò farming
画作 huà zuò painting / picture
造作 zào zuò affected / artificial / to make / to manufacture
间作 jiàn zuò interplanting
略作 lu:è zuò to be abbreviated to / (followed by a verb) slightly
留作 liú zuò to set aside for / to keep as
唤作 huàn zuò to be called / to be known as
遗作 yí zuò posthumous work
细作 xì zuò (old) spy / secret agent
拙作 zhuō zuò my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.) / my humble writing
认作 rèn zuò to regard as / to view / to consider sth as / to treat as
亦作 yì zuò also written as
轮作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil)
连作 lián zuò continuous cropping
变作 biàn zuò to change into / to turn into / to become
充作 chōng zuò to serve as / to be a substitute for
单作 dān zuò mono-cropping
稻作 dào zuò rice cultivation
定作 dìng zuò to have sth made to order
翻作 fān zuò to compose / to write words to a tune
混作 hùn zuò mixed cropping (i.e. growing two crops together)
焦作 Jiāo zuò see 焦作市[Jiao1zuo4 Shi4]
假作 jiǎ zuò to feign / to pretend
记作 jì zuò (math.) to be written using the following notation / (accounting) to be recorded as (income, an expense etc)
垄作 lǒng zuò ridge cultivation / ridging
拟作 nǐ zuò to write in the style of some author / to write as if from the mouth of sb / a pastiche
农作 nóng zuò farming / crops
神作 shén zuò (slang) masterpiece
石作 shí zuò masonry workshop
试作 shì zuò to attempt / test run
双作 shuāng zuò double cropping
套作 tào zuò (agriculture) to interplant
仵作 wǔ zuò coroner (old)
误作 wù zuò to consider erroneously / incorrectly attributed to sb
下作 xià zuo contemptible / disgusting
续作 xù zuò sequel
转作 zhuǎn zuò (agriculture) to switch to growing a different crop
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工作室 gōng zuò shì studio / workshop
工作者 gōng zuò zhě worker
工作日 gōng zuò rì workday / working day / weekday
著作权 zhù zuò quán copyright
工作站 gōng zuò zhàn (computer) workstation
动作片 dòng zuò piàn action movie / CL:部[bu4]
制作人 zhì zuò rén (entertainment industry) producer
工作组 gōng zuò zǔ work team / working group / task force
副作用 fù zuò yòng side effect
代表作 dài biǎo zuò representative work (of an author or artist)
恶作剧 è zuò jù practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke
工作量 gōng zuò liàng workload / volume of work
农作物 nóng zuò wù (farm) crops
起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
合作社 hé zuò shè cooperative / workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc
工作服 gōng zuò fú work clothes
小动作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship
操作员 cāo zuò yuán operator
工作台 gōng zuò tái workbench / work station
处女作 chǔ nu:3 zuò first publication / maiden work
合作者 hé zuò zhě co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy
创作者 chuàng zuò zhě creator / author
制作者 zhì zuò zhě producer / maker / creator
工作流 gōng zuò liú workflow
工作坊 gōng zuò fāng workshop / atelier / studio / (Tw) workshop / seminar
工作狂 gōng zuò kuáng workaholic
剧作家 jù zuò jiā playwright
不合作 bù hé zuò noncooperation
工作队 gōng zuò duì a working group / a task force
工作面 gōng zuò miàn (mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cai3mei2 gong1zuo4mian4]) / (machining) working surface (of a workpiece)
反作用 fǎn zuò yòng opposite reaction
成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame
操作台 cāo zuò tái operating desk / control panel / console
张作霖 Zhāng Zuò lín Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
周作人 Zhōu Zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
傅作义 Fù Zuò yì Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician
创作力 chuàng zuò lì originality
合作化 hé zuò huà collectivization (in Marxist theory)
不作为 bù zuò wéi nonfeasance / omission (law)
合作的  cooperative (adj.)
协作的  cooperative (adj.)
间套作  intercropping
操作符 cāo zuò fú operator (computing)
操作数 cāo zuò shù operand (computing)
操作者 cāo zuò zhě operator
工作表 gōng zuò biǎo worksheet
工作餐 gōng zuò cān working meal
工作段 gōng zuò duàn live section / active section
工作列 gōng zuò liè taskbar (computing) (Tw)
工作袍 gōng zuò páo work gown
工作图 gōng zuò tú working map
合作方 hé zuò fāng (business) partner
合作市 Hé zuò shì Hezuo, county-level city in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu
假动作 jiǎ dòng zuò fake move or pass (sports) / feint
焦作市 Jiāo zuò shì Jiaozuo, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2nan2 Sheng3]
慢动作 màn dòng zuò (cinema) slow motion
强作用 qiáng zuò yòng strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
弱作用 ruò zuò yòng (physics) weak interaction
使作呕 shǐ zuò ǒu to sicken
吴作栋 Wú Zuò dòng Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
无做作 wú zuò zuo unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally)
性工作 xìng gōng zuò employment as sex worker / prostitution
有作用 yǒu zuò yòng effective / to have impact
原作版 yuán zuò bǎn Urtext edition
制作商 zhì zuò shāng maker / manufacturer
自作孽 zì zuò niè to bring disaster on oneself
做工作 zuò gōng zuò to do one's work / to work on sb / to try to persuade sb
操作系统 cāo zuò xì tǒng operating system
工作人员 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member
合作伙伴 hé zuò huǒ bàn cooperative partner
工作会议 gōng zuò huì yì workshop
工作报告 gōng zuò bào gào working report / operating report
工作计划  workplan
经济合作 jīng jì hé zuò economic co-operation
文学作品 wén xué zuò pǐn literature / writing / CL:部[bu4]
合作协议 hé zuò xié yì cooperation agreement
日常工作 rì cháng gōng zuò routine
宣传工作  hearts and minds campaign
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