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— meaning in English

zuò

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English meaning

  • do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  • doing noun An action or deed, especially one someone is held responsible for.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • make verb To create, produce, or build something.
  • perform verb To carry out an action or task.
  • place noun A particular area, location, or spot.
  • skim verb To read something quickly, picking up only the main points.

Senses

做 is used for these senses in English:

  • add up (intransitive) To accumulate; to amount to.
  • do (transitive) To perform; to execute.
  • doing A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
  • issue (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
  • jump the gun (sports) To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.
  • let be (mathematics) Used to assign a value to a symbol.
  • make (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
  • place (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.

do — full definition

  1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
  3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
  4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
  5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

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