# 做

| 做 | U+505A, &#20570; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-505A |
| ← 偙 [U+5059] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 偛 → [U+505B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

做 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人十口大 (OJRK), four-corner 2824$_0$, composition ⿰亻故)

#### Derived characters

* 𠼏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 861
* Dae Jaweon: page 236, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 186, character 18
* Unihan data for U+505A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Originally a vulgar variant of 作, written ⿰作攵. The component 乍 later corrupted into 古.

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zuò (zuo$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зў (zw, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): du$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): cho
    (Hailu, HRS): zo$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zo$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zueh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): ca̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): có̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chòe / chò / chère
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zo$^3$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Shanghai): $^5$tsu
** (Jinhua): $^5$tsuo
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuò
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^4$
*** Yale: dzwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh
*** Palladius: цзо (czo)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зў (zw, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^6$
*** Yale: jouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: du$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tu³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: zu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho
*** Hakka Romanization System: zo
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zo$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zueh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ca̿
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe
*** Tâi-lô: tsuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoex
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sue¹²/
*** IPA (Lukang): /t͡sue³¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò
*** Tâi-lô: tsò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yilan): /t͡so²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹/
*** IPA (Tainan, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chère
*** Tâi-lô: tserè
* Xiamen, Quanzhou:
** chòe - vernacular;
** chò - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit做 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡suo⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡suo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sou⁵³/ /t͡suo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡suə²¹/ /t͡sou²¹/ ～飯 |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡suə⁴²/ /t͡sou⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡su³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡su⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡suə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡su¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡su²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡səu³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡su¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡su²¹³/ /t͡səu²¹³/ 老 |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡so²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡so⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sʊ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡suʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡suəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡su³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡səu⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡so⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sɤu⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡so³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡so⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡səu⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡səɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡su⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡so⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡so⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sou²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡su³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sou²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡so²¹/ /t͡sue²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sɔ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sa³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡so²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /to⁵⁵/ 作 |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 做 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 18069 |
| Phonetic component | 作 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 作 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsaːɡs/ |
| Notes | 作字注俗體，作（廣韻臧祚切）之晚起字 |

### Definitions

做
* to do; to perform
    你在做什麼？／你在做什么？ ― Nǐ zài zuò shénme? ― What are you doing?
       nei$^5$ zou$^6$ gan$^2$ mat$^1$ je$^5$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       What are you doing?
       nei$^5$ zou$^6$ bin$^1$ hong$^4$ gaa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       What do you do for a living?
* to make; to produce
* to become
* to give (a party, a reception)
* to be (a role)
    做賊／做贼 ― zuòzéi ― to thieve
    做客 ― zuòkè ― to be a guest/visitor
* (euphemistic) to make love
* (Cantonese) to work at
* (Cantonese) to air; to broadcast
* (Southern Min) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
* (Teochew) why; how

#### Synonyms

* (to do):
* 作
* 妝 / 妆 ($^1$tsaon) (Wenzhounese)
* 幹 / 干
* 搞 (gǎo)
* 整治 (zhěngzhì)
* 物 (muêh$^8$) (Teochew)
* 變 / 变 (Hokkien)
* 辦 / 办 (bàn)

### Compounds

* 不做聲 / 不做声
* 不做肉
* 伏低做小
* 作做
* 便做
* 便做到
* 便做道
* 倣做 / 仿做
* 做一路
* 做七 (zuòqī)
* 做下
* 做下來 / 做下来
* 做三日
* 做不是
* 做主 (zuòzhǔ)
* 做事 (zuòshì)
* 做人 (zuòrén)
* 做人家
* 做人情 (zuò rénqíng)
* 做人處事 / 做人处事
* 做伙 (chò-hóe)
* 做作 (zuòzuo)
* 做伴 (zuòbàn)
* 做保
* 做倒包
* 做光
* 做公的
* 做出事來 / 做出事来
* 做出場 / 做出场
* 做分上
* 做功果
* 做功課 / 做功课 (zuò gōngkè)
* 做嘴臉 / 做嘴脸
* 做圈套
* 做壽 / 做寿 (zuòshòu)
* 做夢 / 做梦 (zuòmèng)
* 做大
* 做大頭 / 做大头
* 做好事
* 做好做惡 / 做好做恶
* 做好做歉
* 做好做歹
* 做好看
* 做媒 (zuòméi)
* 做孝
* 做學問 / 做学问 (zuò xuéwèn)
* 做官 (zuòguān)
* 做客 (zuòkè)
* 做小 (zuòxiǎo)
* 做小伏低
* 做尾巴
* 做屏風 / 做屏风
* 做工 (zuògōng)
* 做工夫
* 做幌子
* 做廣告 / 做广告
* 做引線 / 做引线
* 做張做勢 / 做张做势
* 做張做智 / 做张做智
* 做張做致 / 做张做致
* 做後門 / 做后门
* 做得 (zuòde)
* 做得了
* 做愛 / 做爱 (zuò'ài)
* 做我不著 / 做我不着
* 做戲 / 做戏 (zuòxì)
* 假戲真做 / 假戏真做
* 做手
* 做手腳 / 做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
* 做掉 (zuòdiào)
* 做排場 / 做排场
* 做操
* 做文章 (zuò wénzhāng)
* 做春夢 / 做春梦
* 做朝
* 做東 / 做东 (zuòdōng)
* 做東道 / 做东道
* 做格
* 做案
* 做樁 / 做桩
* 做歉做好
* 做死
* 做法 (zuòfǎ)
* 做法子
* 做派 (zuòpài)
* 做活
* 做滿月 / 做满月
* 做牌
* 做牛做馬 / 做牛做马 (zuòniúzuòmǎ)
* 做牽頭 / 做牵头
* 做甚
* 做生
* 做生意 (zuò shēngyi)
* 做生日 (zuòshēngrì)
* 做生活
* 做百日
* 做的個 / 做的个
* 做眉眼
* 做眼
* 做眼色 (zuò yǎnsè)
* 做神做鬼
* 做禮拜 / 做礼拜 (zuò lǐbài)
* 做秀 (zuòxiù)
* 做空頭 / 做空头
* 做節 / 做节
* 做籠子 / 做笼子 (zuòlóngzǐ)
* 做線 / 做线
* 做翻
* 做聲 / 做声 (zuòshēng)
* 做胚
* 做腔
* 做腔作勢 / 做腔作势
* 做腳 / 做脚
* 做臉 / 做脸
* 做臉兒 / 做脸儿
* 做莊 / 做庄 (zuòzhuāng)
* 做菜 (zuòcài)
* 做處 / 做处
* 做親 / 做亲
* 做買賣 / 做买卖 (zuò mǎimài)
* 做賊心虛 / 做贼心虚 (zuòzéixīnxū)
* 做道場 / 做道场 (zuòdàochǎng)
* 做道理
* 做道路
* 做針線 / 做针线
* 做門戶 / 做门户
* 做陣 / 做阵 (chò-tīn)
* 做面子
* 做面皮
* 做頭 / 做头
* 做飯 / 做饭 (zuòfàn)
* 做鬼 (zuòguǐ)
* 做鬼臉 / 做鬼脸 (zuò guǐliǎn)
* 光說不做 / 光说不做 (guāngshuōbùzuò)
* 兩頭做大 / 两头做大
* 叫做 (jiàozuò)
* 啞子做夢 / 哑子做梦
* 喬做胡為 / 乔做胡为
* 大做文章 (dàzuòwénzhāng)
* 好人難做 / 好人难做
* 好吃懶做 / 好吃懒做 (hàochīlǎnzuò)
* 小題大做 / 小题大做 (xiǎotídàzuò)
* 巴家做活
* 幹家做活 / 干家做活
* 愛親做親 / 爱亲做亲
* 把做
* 捉班做勢 / 捉班做势
* 推聾做啞 / 推聋做哑
* 敢做敢當 / 敢做敢当 (gǎnzuògǎndāng)
* 更做
* 更做到
* 更做道
* 服低做小
* 歹做出
* 毫不做作
* 沒做擺佈 / 没做摆布
* 沒做道理 / 没做道理
* 潑做 / 泼做
* 生做 (seⁿ-chò)
* 當做 / 当做 (dàngzuò)
* 白做
* 看事做事
* 緊差緊做 / 紧差紧做
* 胡做喬為 / 胡做乔为
* 蠻做 / 蛮做
* 訂做 / 订做 (dìngzuò)
* 說做就做 / 说做就做
* 說到做到 / 说到做到 (shuōdàozuòdào)
* 貪吃懶做 / 贪吃懒做
* 身做身當 / 身做身当
* 重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)
* 麻做一團 / 麻做一团

### Further reading

* “Entry #6937”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* (to) make/do

#### Readings

* Go-on: さ (sa)、さく (saku)
* Kan-on: さ (sa)、さく (saku)
* Kun: なす (nasu, 做す)、つくる (tsukuru, 做る)、やる (yaru, 做る)

## Korean
### Hanja

做 • (ju, ja) (hangeul 주, 자)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

做: Hán Nôm readings: tố, súa
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.