作 zok³ {zuò}

1. to do
2. to grow
3. to write or compose
4. to pretend
5. to regard as
6. to feel
7. writings or works

作詞〔-词〕 zok³ ci⁴ {zuò cí}

to write lyrics

作賽〔-赛〕 zok³ coi³ {zuò sài}

to compete; participate in a competition

作大 zok³ daai⁶ {zuò dà}

to exaggerate; to overstate; to embellish

作動〔-动〕 zok³ dung⁶ {zuò dòng}

to make a move; usually to describe when a fetus moves

作反 zok³ faan² {zuò fǎn}

to rebel

作福 zok³ fuk¹ {zuò fú}

1. to abuse the power one has 2. blessings

作價〔-价〕 zok³ gaa³ {zuò jià}

to quote; provide a quotation

作梗 zok³ gang² {zuò gěng}

to obstruct on purpose

作官 zok³ gun¹ {zuò guān}

serve as a government officer

作供 zok³ gung¹ {zuò gōng}

to give testimony

作怪 zok³ gwaai³ {zuò guài}

into something fishy

作渴 zok³ hot³ {zuò kě}

Thirsty

作雨 zok³ jyu⁵ {zuò yǔ}

Rain

作美 zok³ mei⁵ {zuò měi}

conducting good deeds

作牙 zok³ ngaa⁴ {zuò yá}

to have a religious meal

作陪 zok³ pui⁴ {zuò péi}

accompany;company with

作死 zok³ sei² {zuò sǐ}

(verb) look for trouble or get into trouble

作詩〔-诗〕 zok³ si¹ {zuò shī}

to write poem

作成 zok³ sing⁴ {zuò chéng}

Make;Become

作圖〔-图〕 zok³ tou⁴ {zuò tú}

plotting;drawing

作賤〔-贱〕 zok³ zin⁶ {zuò jian}

self-demeaning

作狀〔-状〕 zok³ zong⁶ {zuò zhuàng}

(verb) to pretend; to feign; to fake; (adjective) pretentious; contrived

作嘔〔-呕〕 zok³ au² {zuò ǒu}

1. to feel sick
2. to feel nauseous
3. to feel disgusted

作罷〔-罢〕 zok³ baa⁶ {zuò bà}

to drop (subject etc)

作弊 zok³ bai⁶ {zuò bì}

1. to practice fraud
2. to cheat
3. to engage in corrupt practices

作品 zok³ ban² {zuò pǐn}

1. work (of art)
2. opus
3. CL: 部,篇

作別〔-别〕 zok³ bit⁶ {zuò bié}

1. to take one's leave
2. to bid farewell

作保 zok³ bou² {zuò bǎo}

1. to act as surety for sb
2. to be sb's guarantor
3. to stand bail for sb

作伴 zok³ bun⁶ {zuò bàn}

1. to accompany
2. to keep sb company

作賊〔-贼〕 zok³ caak⁶ {zuò zéi}

to be a thief

作出 zok³ ceot¹ {zuò chū}

1. to put out
2. to come up with
3. to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
4. to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
5. to draw (conclusion)
6. to deliver (speech, judgment)
7. to devise (explanation)
8. to extract

作答 zok³ daap³ {zuò dá}

1. to answer
2. to respond

作對〔-对〕 zok³ deoi³ {zuò duì}

1. to set oneself against
2. to oppose
3. to make a pair

作東〔-东〕 zok³ dung¹ {zuò dōng}

1. to host (a dinner)
2. to treat
3. to pick up the check

作法 zok³ faat³ {zuò fǎ}

1. course of action
2. method of doing sth
3. practice
4. modus operandi

作廢〔-废〕 zok³ fai³ {zuò fèi}

1. to become invalid
2. to cancel
3. to delete
4. to nullify

作坊 zok³ fong¹ {zuō fang}

workshop (of artisan)

作風〔-风〕 zok³ fung¹ {zuò fēng}

1. style
2. style of work
3. way

作家 zok³ gaa¹ {zuò jiā}

1. author
2. CL: 個,位

作假 zok³ gaa² {zuò jiǎ}

1. to counterfeit
2. to falsify
3. to cheat
4. to defraud
5. fraudulent
6. to behave affectedly

作繭〔-茧〕 zok³ gaan² {zuò jiǎn}

to make a cocoon

作件 zok³ gin⁶ {zuò jiàn}

workpiece

作古 zok³ gu² {zuò gǔ}

1. to die
2. to pass away

作怪 zok³ gwaai³ {zuò guài}

1. (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
2. to act up
3. to act behind the scenes
4. to make mischief
5. odd
6. to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)

作下 zok³ haa⁶ {zuò xià}

1. to do
2. to make (usually bad connotation)

作客 zok³ haak³ {zuò kè}

1. to live somewhere as a visitor
2. to stay with sb as a guest
3. to sojourn

作合 zok³ hap⁶ {zuò hé}

1. to make a match
2. to get married

作興〔-兴〕 zok³ hing³ {zuò xīng}

1. maybe
2. possibly
3. there is reason to believe

作人 zok³ jan⁴ {zuò rén}

1. to conduct oneself
2. same as 做人

作揖 zok³ jap¹ {zuò yī}

to bow with hands held in front

作業〔-业〕 zok³ jip⁶ {zuò yè}

1. school assignment
2. homework
3. work
4. task
5. operation
6. CL: 個
7. to operate

作孽 zok³ jip⁶ {zuò niè}

to sin

作用 zok³ jung⁶ {zuò yòng}

1. to act on
2. to affect
3. action
4. function
5. activity
6. impact
7. result
8. effect
9. purpose
10. intent
11. to play a role
12. corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
13. CL: 個

作曲 zok³ kuk¹ {zuò qǔ}

to compose (music)

作料 zok³ liu² {zuó liao}

1. condiments
2. seasoning

作樂〔-乐〕 zok³ lok⁶ {zuò lè}

to make merry

作弄 zok³ lung⁶ {zuò nòng}

1. to tease
2. to play tricks on

作亂〔-乱〕 zok³ lyun⁶ {zuò luàn}

1. to start a rebellion
2. to rise in revolt

作馬〔-马〕 zok³ maa⁵ {zuò mǎ}

1. trestle
2. carpenter's frame

作文 zok³ man²一絲不苟 {zuò wén}

1. to write an essay
2. composition (student essay)
3. CL: 篇

作物 zok³ mat⁶ {zuò wù}

crop

作愛〔-爱〕 zok³ oi³ {zuò ài}

to make love

作惡〔-恶〕 zok³ ok³ {zuò è}

to do evil

作案 zok³ on³ {zuò àn}

to commit a crime

作派 zok³ paai³ {zuò pài}

1. way of doing sth
2. one's conduct
3. business
4. gestures in opera

作勢〔-势〕 zok³ sai³ {zuò shì}

1. to adopt an attitude
2. to strike a posture

作誓 zok³ sai⁶ {zuò shì}

to pledge

作手 zok³ sau² {zuò shǒu}

1. writer
2. expert

作秀 zok³ sau³ {zuò xiù}

1. to show off (loanword, from English "show")
2. to grandstand
3. to perform in a stage show

作死 zok³ sei² {zuò sǐ}

1. (also [zuo1 si3]) to invite death by recklessness
2. the road to ruin

作祟 zok³ seoi⁶ {zuò suì}

1. haunted
2. to haunt
3. to cause mischief

作色 zok³ sik¹ {zuò sè}

1. to show signs of anger
2. to flush with annoyance

作息 zok³ sik¹ {zuò xī}

work and rest

作數〔-数〕 zok³ sou³ {zuò shù}

1. valid
2. counting (as valid)

作痛 zok³ tung³ {zuò tòng}

to ache

作畫〔-画〕 zok³ waa² {zuò huà}

to paint

作為〔-为〕 zok³ wai⁴ {zuò wéi}

1. one's conduct
2. deed
3. activity
4. accomplishment
5. achievement
6. to act as
7. as (in the capacity of)
8. qua
9. to view as
10. to look upon (sth as)
11. to take sth to be

作者 zok³ ze² {zuò zhě}

1. author
2. writer
3. CL: 個

作準〔-准〕 zok³ zeon² {zuò zhǔn}

1. to recognize
2. to acknowledge (as valid)

作戰〔-战〕 zok³ zin³ {zuò zhàn}

1. combat
2. to fight

作證〔-证〕 zok³ zing³ {zuò zhèng}

1. to bear witness
2. to testify

作主 zok³ zyu² {zuò zhǔ}

1. to decide
2. to make decisions
3. to take responsibility (for deciding)
4. to be in charge

作輟〔-辍〕 zok³ zyut³ {zuò chuò}

now working, now stopping

作筆記〔-笔记〕 zok³ bat¹ gei³ {zuò bǐ jì}

to take notes

作交易 zok³ gaau¹ jik⁶ {zuò jiāo yì}

1. to deal
2. to transact

作古人 zok³ gu² jan⁴ {zuò gǔ rén}

1. to die
2. to pass away

作用力 zok³ jung⁶ lik⁶ {zuò yòng lì}

1. effort
2. active force
3. applied force

作曲家 zok³ kuk¹ gaa¹ {zuò qǔ jiā}

1. composer
2. songwriter

作曲者 zok³ kuk¹ ze² {zuò qǔ zhě}

1. composer
2. song writer

作者權〔--权〕 zok³ ze² kyun⁴ {zuò zhě quán}

copyright

作賊心虛〔-贼-虚〕 zok³ caak⁶ sam¹ heoi¹ {zuò zéi xīn xū}

Have a guilty conscience, as a thief

作法自斃〔---毙〕 zok³ faat³ zi⁶ bai⁶ {zuò fǎ zì bì}

suffering the consequences of one's doing; you ask for it

作惡多端〔-恶--〕 zok³ ok³ do¹ dyun¹ {zuò è duō duān}

commit all sorts of crimes and wickedness

作賤自己〔-贱--〕 zok³ zin⁶ zi⁶ gei² {zuò jiàn zì jǐ}

Humiliate oneself

作風正派〔-风--〕 zok³ fung¹ zing³ paai³ {zuò fēng zhèng pài}

1. to be honest and upright
2. to have moral integrity

作姦犯科〔-奸--〕 zok³ gaan¹ faan⁶ fo¹ {zuò jiān fàn kē}

to flout the law

作繭自縛〔-茧-缚〕 zok³ gaan² zi⁶ bok³ {zuò jiǎn zì fù}

1. to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2. hoist by his own petard

作好準備〔--准备〕 zok³ hou² zeon² bei⁶ {zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi}

1. to prepare
2. to make adequate preparation

作業系統〔-业-统〕 zok³ jip⁶ hai⁶ tung² {zuò yè xì tǒng}

operating system

作業環境〔-业环-〕 zok³ jip⁶ waan⁴ ging² {zuò yè huán jìng}

operating environment

作用理論〔---论〕 zok³ jung⁶ lei⁵ leon⁶ {zuò yòng lǐ lùn}

interactive theory

作息時間〔--时间〕 zok³ sik¹ si⁴ gaan³ {zuò xī shí jiān}

1. daily schedule
2. daily routine

作威作福 zok³ wai¹ zok³ fuk¹ {zuò wēi zuò fú}

tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people

作者不詳〔---详〕 zok³ ze² bat¹ coeng⁴ {zuò zhě bù xiáng}

anonymous author

作者未詳〔---详〕 zok³ ze² mei⁶ coeng⁴ {zuò zhě wèi xiáng}

anonymous author

作證能力〔-证--〕 zok³ zing³ nang⁴ lik⁶ {zuò zhèng néng lì}

competence

作息時間表〔--时间-〕 zok³ sik¹ si⁴ gaan³ biu² {zuò xī shí jiān biǎo}

1. daily schedule
2. work schedule

作戰失蹤人員〔-战-踪-员〕 zok³ zin³ sat¹ zung¹ jan⁴ jyun⁴ {zuò zhàn shī zōng rén yuán}

missing in action (MIA) (military)