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zuò
HSK 1freq #53

Meanings

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zuò
  1. 1.to make; to produce
  2. 2.to write; to compose
  3. 3.to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. 4.(of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. 5.(of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. 6.to assume (an air or manner)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to do; to perform
  2. 2.to make; to produce
  3. 3.to become
  4. 4.to give (a party, a reception)
  5. 5.to be (a role)
  6. 6.to make love
  7. 7.to work at
  8. 8.to air; to broadcast
  9. 9.why; how

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Etymology

Originally a vulgar variant of 作, written ⿰作攵. The component 乍 later corrupted into 古. Colloquial form of the departing-tone variant of 作 (MC tsaH, “to do”), to differentiate from the checked-tone variant (now represented by 作). Loss of checked codas in Mandarin has resulted in homophony of the two.

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