做
zuò HSK1

work

做 zuò
do verb
to do, perform, engage in, or hold an event

你下午要做什么？

nǐ xià​wǔ yào zuò shén​me?

What are you going to do this afternoon?

make verb
to make, produce, write, or compose

他花了一个上午为女儿做了一个小木屋。

tā huā le yī gè shàng​wǔ wèi nǚ'ér zuò le yī gè xiǎo mù​wū.

He spent the whole morning building a small log cabin for his daughter.

be verb
to be or become (a role, an intermediary, a student, friends, etc.)

他想做一个好老师。

tā xiǎng zuò yī gè hǎo lǎo​shī.

He wants to be a good teacher.

serve as verb
to serve as or be used for a specific purpose

这件旧衣服可以做抹布。

zhè jiàn jiù yī​fu kě​yǐ zuò mā​bù.

These old clothes can be used as rags.

assume verb
to assume a certain air, manner, or posture

他在做出一副很担心的样子。

tā zài zuò chū yī fù hěn dān​xīn de yàng​zi.

He is putting on a very worried look.

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