做

See also: 作

做	U+505A, 做 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-505A

← 偙
[U+5059]

CJK Unified Ideographs

偛 →
[U+505B]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

做 (radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人十口大 (OJRK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿰亻故 or ⿰估攵)

Derived characters[edit]

𠼏

References[edit]

KangXi: page 110, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 861
Dae Jaweon: page 236, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 186, character 18
Unihan data for U+505A

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		做

Etymology[edit]

Colloquial form of the departing-tone variant of 作 (MC t͡sɑ^H, “to do”), to differentiate from the checked-tone variant (now represented by 作). Loss of checked codas in Mandarin has resulted in homophony of the two.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zuò (zuo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ

(Chengdu, SP): zu⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic): зў (zw, III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): zu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): cho

(Meixian, Guangdong): zo⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): zueh⁴
Min Dong (BUC): có̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chòe / chò / chère

(Teochew, Peng'im): zo³
Wu (Wiktionary): tsu (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): zou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zu⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: зў (zw, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶
  - Yale: jouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zo⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zueh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoex
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sue¹²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò
  - Tâi-lô: tsò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chère
  - Tâi-lô: tserè

Note:

Xiamen, Quanzhou:
- chòe - vernacular;
- chò - literary.

(Teochew)

Peng'im: zo³
Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsò
Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³/

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tsu (T2)
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sv̩ʷ³⁴/

Xiang

(Changsha)
- Wiktionary: zou⁴
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səu⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 做
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡suo⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡suo⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sou⁵³/ /t͡suo⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡suə²¹/ /t͡sou²¹/ ～飯
	Qingdao	/t͡suə⁴²/ /t͡sou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡su³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡su⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕy²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡suə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡su¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡su²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡su¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡su²¹³/ /t͡səu²¹³/ 老
	Kunming	/t͡so²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡so⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡suʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡suəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡so⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡so³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡so⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡səu⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡so⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡so⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sou²²/
	Nanning	/t͡su³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sou²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡so²¹/ /t͡sue²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sɔ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sa³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡so²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/to⁵⁵/ 作

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	做
Reading #	1/1
No.	18069
Phonetic component	作
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	作
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːɡs/
Notes	作字注俗體，作（廣韻臧祚切）之晚起字

Definitions[edit]

做

to do; to perform
你在做什麼？ / 你在做什么？ ― Nǐ zài zuò shénme? ― What are you doing?

你做緊乜嘢呀？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
你做紧乜嘢呀？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ zou⁶ gan² mat¹ je⁵ aa³? [Jyutping]
What are you doing?

你做咩工作㗎？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
nei⁵ zou⁶ me¹ gung¹ zok³ gaa³? [Jyutping]
What is your job? / What do you work as?
to make; to produce
to become
to give (a party, a reception)
to be (a role)
做賊 / 做贼 ― zuòzéi ― to thieve

做客 ― zuòkè ― to be a guest/visitor
(euphemistic) to make love

Synonyms[edit]

(to do):

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作 (zuò)
妝 (Wenzhou)
幹／干 (gàn)

搞 (gǎo)
整治 (zhěngzhì)
物 (Teochew)

變 (Hokkien)
辦／办 (bàn)

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 做

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

做

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

(to) make/do

Readings[edit]

Go-on: さ (sa); さく (saku)
Kan-on: さ (sa); さく (saku)
Kun: なす (nasu, 做す); つくる (tsukuru, 做る)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

做 • (ju, ja) (hangeul 주, 자)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

做: Hán Nôm readings: tố, súa

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做

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