做

See also: 作

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

← 偙
[U+5059]

CJK Unified Ideographs

偛 →
[U+505B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

𠼏

References

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

simp. and trad.		做

Etymology

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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zuò (zuo⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ
(Chengdu, SP): zu⁴
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зў (zw, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zou⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): du¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): cho
(Meixian, Guangdong): zo⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): zueh⁴
Min Bei (KCR): ca̿
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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuò
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴
  - Yale: dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh
  - Palladius: цзо (czo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zu⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: 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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: du¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³/
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 Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ca̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa³³/
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 (Lukang): /t͡sue³¹/
  - 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, Yilan): /t͡so²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹/
  - IPA (Tainan, 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

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
(Cantonese) to air; to broadcast

Synonyms

(to do):

edit

作 (zuò)
搞 (gǎo)
整治 (zhěngzhì)

物 (Teochew)
妝 (Wenzhou)
幹／干 (gàn)

變 (Hokkien)
辦／办 (bàn)

Compounds

Derived terms from 做

不做肉
伏低做小
作做
便做
便做到
便做道
做一路
做七
做三日
做下
做不是
做主 (zuòzhǔ)
做事 (zuòshì)
做人 (zuòrén)
做人家
做人情 (zuò rénqíng)
做伴 (zuòbàn)
做作 (zuòzuo)
做保
做倒包
做光
做公的
做分上
做功果
做圈套
做大
做好事
做好做歉
做好做歹
做好看
做媒 (zuòméi)
做孝
做官 (zuòguān)
做客 (zuòkè)
做小
做小伏低
做尾巴
做工 (zuògōng)
做工夫
做幌子
做得 (zuòde)
做得了
做我不著
做手
做掉 (zuòdiào)
做操
做文章 (zuò wénzhāng)
做朝
做格
做案
做歉做好
做死
做法 (zuòfǎ)
做法子
做活
做派 (zuòpài)
做牌

做甚
做生
做生意 (zuò shēngyi)
做生日 (zuòshēngrì)
做生活
做百日
做眉眼
做眼
做眼色 (zuò yǎnsè)
做神做鬼
做秀 (zuòxiù)
做翻
做胚
做腔
做菜 (zuòcài)
做道理
做道路
做面子
做面皮
做鬼 (zuòguǐ)
叫做 (jiàozuò)
大做文章 (dàzuòwénzhāng)
巴家做活
把做
更做
更做到
更做道
服低做小
歹做出
毫不做作
生做 (seⁿ-chò)
白做
看事做事
重新做人
做伙 (chò-hóe)
不做聲／不做声
倣做／仿做
假戲真做／假戏真做
做下來／做下来
做人處事／做人处事
做出事來／做出事来
做出場／做出场
做功課／做功课 (zuò gōngkè)
做嘴臉／做嘴脸
做壽／做寿 (zuòshòu)
做夢／做梦 (zuòmèng)
做大頭／做大头
做好做惡／做好做恶
做學問／做学问 (zuò xuéwèn)
做屏風／做屏风
做廣告／做广告
做引線／做引线
做張做勢／做张做势
做張做智／做张做智
做張做致／做张做致
做後門／做后门
做愛／做爱 (zuò'ài)

做戲／做戏 (zuòxì)
做手腳／做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
做排場／做排场
做春夢／做春梦
做東／做东 (zuòdōng)
做東道／做东道
做樁／做桩
做滿月／做满月
做牛做馬／做牛做马 (zuòniúzuòmǎ)
做牽頭／做牵头
做的個／做的个
做禮拜／做礼拜
做空頭／做空头
做節／做节
做線／做线
做聲／做声 (zuòshēng)
做腔作勢／做腔作势
做腳／做脚
做臉／做脸
做臉兒／做脸儿
做莊／做庄 (zuòzhuāng)
做處／做处
做親／做亲
做買賣／做买卖 (zuò mǎimài)
做賊心虛／做贼心虚 (zuòzéixīnxū)
做道場／做道场 (zuòdàochǎng)
做針線／做针线
做門戶／做门户
做陣／做阵 (chò-tīn)
做頭／做头
做飯／做饭 (zuòfàn)
做鬼臉／做鬼脸 (zuò guǐliǎn)
光說不做／光说不做 (guāngshuōbùzuò)
兩頭做大／两头做大
啞子做夢／哑子做梦
喬做胡為／乔做胡为
好人難做／好人难做
好吃懶做／好吃懒做 (hàochīlǎnzuò)
小題大做／小题大做 (xiǎotídàzuò)
幹家做活／干家做活
愛親做親／爱亲做亲
捉班做勢／捉班做势
推聾做啞／推聋做哑
敢做敢當／敢做敢当 (gǎnzuògǎndāng)
沒做擺佈／没做摆布
沒做道理／没做道理
潑做／泼做
當做／当做 (dàngzuò)
緊差緊做／紧差紧做
胡做喬為／胡做乔为
蠻做／蛮做
訂做／订做 (dìngzuò)
說做就做／说做就做
說到做到／说到做到 (shuōdàozuòdào)
貪吃懶做／贪吃懒做
身做身當／身做身当
麻做一團／麻做一团

Japanese

Kanji

做

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

(to) make/do

Readings

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); やる (yaru, 做る)

Korean

Hanja

做 • (ju, ja) (hangeul 주, 자)

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Vietnamese

Han character

做: Hán Nôm readings: tố, súa

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做

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