作
zuòzuō HSK1

make

作 zuò frequency
do verb
to do or engage in

他在会议上作了一个报告。

tā zài huì​yì shàng zuò le yī gè bào​gào.

He gave a report at the meeting.

regard as verb
to regard as, consider to be, or be

请将这一笔开支作办公费用处理。

qǐng jiāng zhè yī bǐ kāi​zhī zuò bàn​gōng fèi​yòng chǔ​lǐ.

Please treat this expenditure as office expenses.

works noun
writings, compositions, or creative works

这幅精美的油画是那位大师的传世之作。

zhè fú jīng​měi de yóu​huà shì nà wèi dà​shī de chuán​shì zhī zuò.

This exquisite oil painting is a masterpiece passed down from that master.

act as verb
to act the part of

他在这出戏里作主角。

tā zài zhè chū xì lǐ zuò zhǔ​jué.

He plays the lead role in this play.

compose verb
to write or compose

这首诗是鲁迅作的。

zhè shǒu shī shì Lǔ Xùn zuò de.

This poem was written by Lu Xun.

feel verb
to feel sensations such as itching or nausea

每到阴雨天，他的旧伤口就会隐隐作痛。

měi dào yīn​yǔ​tiān, tā de jiù shāng​kǒu jiù huì yǐn​yǐn zuò tòng.

His old wound throbs whenever it is rainy or overcast.

pretend verb
to pretend or feign

她作出一副无辜的样子。

tā zuò chū yī fù wú​gū de yàng​zi.

She put on an innocent look.

作 zuō
high-maintenance verb
slang describing a person who is troublesome, affected, or seeks attention through dramatic behavior

由于她太作了，没人愿意和她一起旅行。

yóu​yú tā tài zuō le, méi rén yuàn​yì hé tā yī​qǐ lǚ​xíng.

Because she is so high-maintenance, no one wants to travel with her.

workshop noun
a bound form referring to a worker or a manufacturing workshop

这位老石作在行内名气很大，手艺非常精湛。

zhè wèi lǎo Shí zuō zài háng​nèi míng​qi hěn dà, shǒu​yì fēi​cháng jīng​zhàn.

This old stonemason is very famous in the industry and has exquisite craftsmanship.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)