做
zuò HSK1

work

做 zuò
to do verb
To do, perform, or engage in a task or activity; to carry out work

下次，先做你的作业。

xià​cì, xiān zuò nǐ de zuò​yè.

Next time, first do your homework.

to make verb
To make, produce, or manufacture; to cook or prepare food

整座房子都是玻璃做的。

zhěng zuò fáng​zi dōu shì bō​li zuò de.

The whole house is made out of glass.

你的头是石头做的吗？

nǐ de tóu shì shí​tou zuò de ma?

Is your head made of stone?

to be verb
To become, act as, or serve as; to hold a certain position or role

我不是想做你的父亲。

wǒ bù​shì xiǎng zuò nǐ de fù​qīn.

I'm not trying to be your father.

他也在那里做模特。

tā yě zài nà​li zuò mó​tè.

He also works as a model there.

to form a relationship verb
To form or enter into a specific relationship with someone

我都不知道我还想不想和她做朋友了。

wǒ dōu bù​zhī​dào wǒ hái xiǎng bù xiǎng hé tā zuò péng​you le.

I don't even know if I want to be friends with her anymore.

to celebrate nounverb
To celebrate or hold an event, such as a birthday or a religious service
to write
To write or compose a piece of work
to pretend
To pretend, feign, or put on an appearance
to have sex
(slang) To make love; to have sexual intercourse
to punish
To play tricks on or punish someone
to perform
To perform or act in a play or opera

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
246th most common 907.4 per million
Movie subtitles
56th most common 2910.4 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3647.6 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1247.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+505A

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