做

Meaning(verb)

to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)

Examples

• 你今天晚上做什么？

  nǐ jīn tiān wǎn shàng zuò shén me?

  What are you doing tonight?

• 爸爸做的菜很好吃。

  bà ba zuò de cài hěn hǎo chī.

  Dad's cooking is delicious.

• 她在工厂做质检员。

  tā zài gōng chǎng zuò zhì jiǎn yuán.

  She works as a quality inspector at a factory.

Easily confused

• 作 — Both zuò; 作 appears in abstract or formal words (工作, 作业), 做 for concrete actions (做饭).

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