動作

See also: 动作

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make
trad. (動作)		動	作
simp. (动作)		动	作
anagram		作動／作动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ zok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thung-chok
• Eastern Min (BUC): dông-cáuk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒng-chok / tōng-chok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngzuò
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: dùng-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqtzuoh
    • Palladius: дунцзо (dunczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ zok³
    • Yale: duhng jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-chok
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung zog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung⁴ zog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ t͡sok̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dông-cáuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɑuʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-chok
    • Tâi-lô: tǒng-tsok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-chok
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxngzog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/

Noun

動作

1. (of part of one's body) movement; action; motion; move

   趕快停止你的動作，否則我們要開槍了！ [MSC, trad.]
   赶快停止你的动作，否则我们要开枪了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Gǎnkuài tíngzhǐ nǐ de dòngzuò, fǒuzé wǒmen yào kāiqiāng le! [Pinyin]

   Stop what you are doing or we'll open fire!

Synonyms

• 舉措／举措 (jǔcuò)
• 舉動／举动 (jǔdòng)

Derived terms

• 動作感應器／动作感应器 (dòngzuò gǎnyìngqì)

 

Verb

動作

1. (of part of one's body) to move

Adjective

動作

1. (film genre) action

Derived terms

• 動作片／动作片

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (動作):

• → Japanese: 動(どう)作(さ) (dōsa)
• → Korean: 동작(動作) (dongjak)
• → Vietnamese: động tác (動作)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	作
どう Grade: 3	さ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ど​ーさ [dóꜜòsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːsa̠]

Noun

動(どう)作(さ) • (dōsa) 

1. movement of the body
2. gesture
3. operation of machinery

Verb

動(どう)作(さ)する • (dōsa suru) intransitive suru (stem 動(どう)作(さ)し (dōsa shi), past 動(どう)作(さ)した (dōsa shita))

1. move
2. make a gesture
3. run, operate, be functional

Conjugation

Conjugation of "動作する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	動作し	どうさし	dōsa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	動作し	どうさし	dōsa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	動作する	どうさする	dōsa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	動作する	どうさする	dōsa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	動作すれ	どうさすれ	dōsa sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	動作せよ¹ 動作しろ²	どうさせよ¹ どうさしろ²	dōsa seyo¹ dōsa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	動作される	どうさされる	dōsa sareru
Causative	動作させる 動作さす	どうささせる どうささす	dōsa saseru dōsa sasu
Potential	動作できる	どうさできる	dōsa dekiru
Volitional	動作しよう	どうさしよう	dōsa shiyō
Negative	動作しない	どうさしない	dōsa shinai
Negative continuative	動作せず	どうさせず	dōsa sezu
Formal	動作します	どうさします	dōsa shimasu
Perfective	動作した	どうさした	dōsa shita
Conjunctive	動作して	どうさして	dōsa shite
Hypothetical conditional	動作すれば	どうさすれば	dōsa sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
動	作

Noun

動作 • (dongjak) (hangeul 동작)

1. Hanja form^? of 동작 (“movement”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動	作

Noun

動作

1. chữ Hán form of động tác (“movement; gesture; action”).