做
zuò
to do, make
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 你在做什么?What are you doing?
- 我妈妈做菜很好吃。My mom's cooking is delicious.
Collocations
做菜做饭做事做朋友
Mnemonic
做 zuò "to do, to make" — most general action verb. Compare 做 (general) vs 作 zuò (more formal/written) vs 干 gàn (colloquial). Used for activities (做事), cooking (做菜), and roles (做朋友 "be a friend").
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