动作 dòngzuò▶ acción

Stroke order

动作 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 动 — 6 strokes
• 作 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. movement; motion; action
2. to act; to move

Example sentences

• 这个动作很简单。Zhège dòngzuò hěn jiǎndān.This movement is very simple.
• 他的动作很快。Tā de dòngzuò hěn kuài.His movements are very quick.

Related words

• 作家escritor
• 作用Efecto
• 作者autor
• 感动Estar conmovido
• 活动actividad
• 激动Emocionado

动作 is pronounced dòngzuò and means “acción”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 动作 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.