做作

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
simp. and trad. (做作)		做	作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòzuo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄗㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ zok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chò-chok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòzuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄗㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòzuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tso⁵
    • Yale: dzwò-dzwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh.tzuo
    • Palladius: цзоцзо (czoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ d͡z̥u̯ɔ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ zok³
    • Yale: jouh jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 做作 造作

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-chok
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirzog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚³²/

Adjective

做作

1. affected; artificial; pretentious

Synonyms

• 造作 (zàozuo)

Derived terms

• 無做作／无做作

 

Noun

做作

1. (literary) behaviour; conduct
2. (derogatory) pretence, camp, affectation

Verb

做作

1. (literary) to scheme; to plot against