做 zuò▶ làm

Stroke order

做 is written in 11 strokes.

• 做

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 你在做什么？Nǐ zài zuò shénme?What are you doing?
• 我做米饭。Wǒ zuò mǐfàn.I cook rice.

Related words

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做 is pronounced zuò and means “làm”. It is part of the HSK 1 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 做 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.