做人

做人

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (做人)		做	人
alternative forms		作人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ jan⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chòe-lâng / chò-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòrén
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-jên²
    • Yale: dzwò-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohren
    • Palladius: цзожэнь (czožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: jouh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² jɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoealaang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

Verb

做人

1. to behave properly; to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity

   重新做人  ―  chóngxīn zuòrén  ―  to turn over a new leaf

   做人的規範／做人的规范  ―  zuòrén de guīfàn  ―  standards of ethical conduct

   做人的價值／做人的价值  ―  zuòrén de jiàzhí  ―  the value of behaving with integrity

   做人不要這麼貪心。 [MSC, trad.]
   做人不要这么贪心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòrén bùyào zhème tānxīn. [Pinyin]

   Don't be so greedy in life.

   做人別老佔便宜。／做人别老占便宜。  ―  Zuòrén bié lǎo zhàn piányi.  ―  Don't always seek to profit at other people's expense.

   活得精不精彩，在於你會不會做人。 [MSC, trad.]
   活得精不精彩，在于你会不会做人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huó de jīng bù jīngcǎi, zàiyú nǐ huì bù huì zuòrén. [Pinyin]

   Whether you can live an amazing life or not depends on whether you can conduct yourself with integrity.

See also

• 處事／处事 (chǔshì)
• 待人 (dàirén)