做
Spell out: + =
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)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #732 U+505A
How 做 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Someone 亻 who causes things to happen 故; 故 also provides the pronuncation
How to remember it
make · Heisig RSH #804
人 person + 故 deliberately
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 做
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重新做人 | chóng xīn zuò rén | to start a new life; to make a fresh start |
| 无事可做 | wú shì kě zuò | to have nothing to do; to have time on one's hands |
| 做人家 | zuò rén jiā | thrifty; economical |
| 明人不做暗事 | míng rén bù zuò àn shì | an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom) |
| 光说不做 | guāng shuō bù zuò | (idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice |
| 做生日 | zuò shēng rì | to celebrate a birthday |
| 一不做，二不休 | yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū | lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); fig. if you do it at all, you may as well … |
| 无做作 | wú zuò zuo | unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally) |
| 做人情 | zuò rén qíng | to do a favor to sb |
| 做生意 | zuò shēng yì | to do business |
| 量身定做 | liáng shēn dìng zuò | to tailor-make; tailor-made; tailored to; customized |
| 做工作 | zuò gōng zuò | to do one's work; to work on sb; to try to persuade sb |
| 做眼色 | zuò yǎn sè | to give sb a meaningful look |
| 不做声 | bù zuò shēng | keep silent; not say a word |
| 好汉做事好汉当 | hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng | daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom); a true man has … |
| 做手脚 | zuò shǒu jiǎo | to manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth |
| 做市商 | zuò shì shāng | market maker |
| 做生活 | zuò shēng huó | to work; to do manual labor |
| 做活儿 | zuò huó r | erhua variant of 做活[zuo4 huo2] |
| 做工夫 | zuò gōng fu | to practice (work skills) |