| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; to play a role; corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization; CL:个 |
| 作 | zuò | to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works |
| 作为 | zuò wéi | one'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 |
| 作品 | zuò pǐn | work (of art); opus; CL:部,篇 |
| 作物 | zuò wù | crop |
| 作者 | zuò zhě | author; writer; CL:个 |
| 作业 | zuò yè | school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; CL:个; to operate |
| 作风 | zuò fēng | style; style of work; way |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author; CL:个,位 |
| 作战 | zuò zhàn | combat; to fight |
| 作法 | zuò fǎ | course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi |
| 作用力 | zuò yòng lì | effort; active force; applied force |
| 作主 | zuò zhǔ | to decide; to make decisions; to back up sb; support |
| 作曲家 | zuò qǔ jiā | composer; songwriter |
| 作对 | zuò duì | set oneself against; oppose; make a pair |
| 作坊 | zuō fang | workshop (of artisan) |
| 作证 | zuò zhèng | to bear witness; to testify |
| 作准 | zuò zhǔn | to recognize; to acknowledge (as valid) |
| 作曲 | zuò qǔ | to compose (music) |
| 作文 | zuò wén | to write an essay; composition (student essay); CL:篇 |
| 作案 | zuò àn | to commit a crime |
| 作恶 | zuò è | to do evil |
| 作乱 | zuò luàn | to start a rebellion; to rise in revolt |
| 作怪 | zuò guài | to make trouble; mischief; fantastic; to go to bed with sb; to be naughty (oblique reference to taboo subject of sex) |
| 作废 | zuò fèi | to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify |
| 作乐 | zuò lè | to make merry |
| 作客 | zuò kè | to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn |
| 作伴 | zuò bàn | to accompany; to keep sb company |
| 作古 | zuò gǔ | to die; to pass away |
| 作下 | zuò xià | to do; to make (usually bad connotation) |
| 作交易 | zuò jiāo yì | to deal; to transact |
| 作人 | zuò rén | to conduct oneself; same as 做人 |
| 作假 | zuò jiǎ | to counterfeit; to falsify; to cheat; to defraud; fraudulent; to behave affectedly |
| 作出 | zuò chū | to 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 |
| 作出让步 | zuò chū ràng bù | to make a concession; to compromise |
| 作势 | zuò shì | to adopt an attitude; to strike a posture |
| 作古人 | zuò gǔ rén | to die; to pass away |
| 作合 | zuò hé | to make a match; to get married |
| 作哼声 | zuò hēng shēng | snort |
| 作呕 | zuò ǒu | to feel sick; to feel nauseous; to feel disgusted |
| 作好准备 | zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi | to make adequate preparation |
| 作威作福 | zuò wēi zuò fú | tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people |
| 作孽 | zuò niè | to sin |
| 作弊 | zuò bì | to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices |
| 作息 | zuò xī | work and rest |
| 作息时间 | zuò xī shí jiān | daily schedule; daily routine |
| 作息时间表 | zuò xī shí jiān biǎo | daily schedule; work schedule |
| 作爱 | zuò ài | to make love |
| 作战失踪 | zuò zhàn shī zōng | see 作战失踪人员 |
| 作战失踪人员 | zuò zhàn shī zōng rén yuán | missing in action (MIA) (military) |
