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What 作 means

(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person); to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works

Ideographic: A person 亻 making something for the first time 乍; 乍 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 亻 + 乍

Words with 作

• 工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
• 作为zuò wéione's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
• 合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
• 作品zuò pǐnwork (of art); opus
• 制作zhì zuòto make; to manufacture
• 动作dòng zuòmovement; motion; action (个); to act; to move
• 作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition
• 作家zuò jiāauthor
• 作战zuò zhàncombat; to fight
• 当作dàng zuòto treat as; to regard as
• 作出zuò chūto put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract
• 操作cāo zuòto work; to operate; to manipulate

作 in a sentence

• 我非常喜欢我的工作。

  wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huan wǒ de gōng zuò 。

  I like my job very much.

• 提前感谢你们的合作。

  tí qián gǎn xiè nǐ men de hé zuò 。

  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

• 她的花园是一件艺术作品。

  tā de huā yuán shì yí jiàn yì shù zuò pǐn 。

  Her garden is a work of art.

• 你动作快点就能赶上他。

  nǐ dòng zuò kuài diǎn jiù néng gǎn shàng tā 。

  If you hurry, you'll catch up with him.

• 大多数的作家都讨厌被批评。

  dà duō shù de zuò jiā dōu tǎo yàn bèi pī píng 。

  Most writers hate being criticized.

Characters that sound like 作

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