作
zuòzuōzuó HSK1

make

作 zuò frequency
to do verb
to do; to make; to engage in an activity; often interchangeable with 做 zuò in set phrases

你得另作安排才行。

nǐ děi lìng zuò ān​pái cái xíng.

You'll have to make other arrangements.

你永远不知道观众会作何反应。

nǐ yǒng​yuǎn bù​zhī​dào guān​zhòng huì zuò hé fǎn​yìng.

You never know how the audience will react.

to write verb
to write; to compose; to create a literary or artistic work

歌不是他作的。

gē bù​shì tā zuò de.

The song wasn’t written by him.

to regard as verb
to regard as; to consider to be; to act as; to be

我送了你一条红丝带作礼物。

wǒ sòng le nǐ yī tiáo hóng sī​dài zuò lǐ​wù.

I gave you a red ribbon as a gift.

work noun
writings; works of literature or art

本作主角并非为了拯救世界而被选中的英雄。

běn zuò zhǔ​jué bìng​fēi wèi​le zhěng​jiù shì​jiè ér bèi xuǎn zhòng de yīng​xióng.

The protagonist of this work is not a hero chosen to save the world.

to rise verb
to rise; to emerge; to flare up; to break out
to pretend verb
to pretend; to feign; to affect a certain manner or appearance
to feel verb
to feel or experience a physical sensation, such as itching or nausea
surname
a Chinese surname
to foster
to foster; to nurture; to train
作 zuō
workshop noun
(bound form) workshop; mill; factory
artisan
(bound form) worker; artisan; craftsman
troublesome
(colloquial) to be troublesome; to cause a scene; high-maintenance
作 zuó
(bound form) seasoning
(bound form) used in words relating to materials or seasonings, such as in 作料 zuò​liào

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
49th most common 2805.1 per million
Movie subtitles
124th most common 1455.3 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
134.2 per million appears in 39% of films
Written text
381.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F5C

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)