做事

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (做事)		做	事
alternative forms		作事 Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): cho-se / cho-sṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): có̤-dâi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): choh-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zo³ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshyh
    • Palladius: цзоши (czoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dzwò-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshell
    • Palladius: цзошир (czošir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: jouh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-se / cho-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo se / zo sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴ se⁴ / zo⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ se⁵⁵/, /t͡so⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤-dâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choh-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsoh-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoihsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so(ʔ)⁵ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zo³ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsò sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/

Verb

做事

1. to do things; to handle matters

   在暗中做事  ―  zài ànzhōng zuòshì  ―  to do things in secret

2. to work; to have a job; to hold a position

Synonyms

• (to do things):

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• 事事 (shìshì) (literary)
• 取事 (qǔshì) (literary)
• 幹事／干事 (gànshì)
• 治事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 行事 (xíngshì) (literary)
• 辦事／办事 (bànshì)

 

• (to work): 任職／任职 (rènzhí)