how to write zuo(do) in chinese

做

pinyinzuò
radicals亻Stroke count11
eanglish meaningdo; make; prepare; perform; performance; write; produce; manufacture; go about; perpetrate

Stroke order of the Chinese character "做" (zuo)

Handwriting

v. （制造） make; manufacture; produce:

1. 做鞋
make shoes;

2. 做衣服
make clothes;

3. 用甜菜做糖
manufacture sugar with beets;

4. 那里什么都是竹子做的。
Everything there is made of bamboo.

v. （写作） write; compose:

1. 做诗
compose a poem;

2. 做文章
write literary works

v. （从事某种工作或活动） do; work at; engage in:

1. 做生意
do business; carry on trade;

2. 做苦力
labour; do hard manual work;

3. 大事做不来，小事又不做
be unable to do big jobs and look down on small ones;

4. 你们做了一件好事。
You have done a good thing [action].

5. 她在做一道数学难题。
She is working at a difficult problem in mathematics.

6. 我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业。
We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.

7. 我看他做得不太对。
I don't think he acted quite right.

v. （举行家庭的庆祝或纪念活动） hold a family [home] celebration; celebrate:

1. 做生日
hold a birthday party; celebrate sb.'s birthday

v. （充当; 担任） be; become; act as:

1. 做演员
become an actor or actress; go on the stage;

2. 做翻译
act as interpreter;

3. 先做学生，后做先生。
Be a pupil before you become a teacher.

v. （用做） be used as:

1. 树皮可以做造纸的原料。
Bark may be used as raw material for paper-making.

2. 这块布可以做一对枕套。
This piece of cloth can be used to make a pair of pillow cases.

v. （结成关系） form or contract a relationship:

1. 做亲
(of two families) become relatives by marriage;

2. 做朋友
make friends with;

3. 做冤家对头
become opponent and foe

v. （烹调） cook; prepare:

1. 做饭
do the cooking; prepare a meal;

2. 她很会做菜。
She was skilled in preparing tasty dishes.