做
Meanings
- to make; to produce
- to write; to compose
- to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
- (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
- (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
- to assume (an air or manner)
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- 做
- zuò · work, make; act
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4 · zuo4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zou6
Cantonese word readings for 做. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to do; to perform
- to make; to produce
- to become
- to give (a party, a reception)
- to be (a role)
- (euphemistic) to make love
- (Cantonese) to work at
- (Cantonese) to air; to broadcast
- (Southern Min) — (Teochew) why; how
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