做

See also: 作

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		做

Etymology

Colloquial form of 作 ("to do").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò (zuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): cho
• Min Nan (POJ): chò / choè
• Wu (WT Romanisation): tsu (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tso⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶
    • Yale: jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /t͡so⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò / choè
    • Tâi-lô: tsò / tsoè
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sə¹¹/, /t͡sue¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sə²¹/, /t͡sue²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: tsu (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁴/

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

Verb

做

1. to do, to perform

   你在做什麼？ [MSC, trad.]

   你在做什么？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zài zuò shénme? [Pinyin]

   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?

2. to make, to produce
3. to become
4. to give (a party, a reception)
5. (euphemistic) to make love

Synonyms

• 作
• 辦／办
• 幹／干

Compounds

Derived terms

• 做愛／做爱

• 做伴, 做伴兒／做伴儿

• 做操

• 做東／做东

• 做法

• 做工, 做工兒／做工儿

• 做鬼, 做鬼兒／做鬼儿

• 做鬼臉／做鬼脸, 做鬼臉兒／做鬼脸儿

• 做活, 做活兒／做活儿

• 做客

• 做禮拜／做礼拜

• 做買賣／做买卖

• 做滿月／做满月

• 做媒

• 做夢／做梦

• 做圈套

• 做人

• 做聲／做声, 做聲兒／做声儿

• 做生日

• 做生意

• 做事

• 做手腳／做手脚

• 做壽／做寿

• 做文章

• 做戲／做戏

• 做秀

• 做學問／做学问

• 做賊心虛／做贼心虚

• 做針線／做针线

• 做主

• 做作

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (做):

•  Japanese: 做 (さ, sa)
•  Korean: 주 (做, ju)
•  Vietnamese: tố (做)

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Kanji

做

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: さく (saku), さ (sa)
• Kun: つくる (tsukuru), なす (nasu)

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Hanja

做 (ju, ja) (hangeul 주, 자, revised ju, ja, McCune-Reischauer chu, cha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

做 (tố)

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