做 zuò — 进行某种活动；制造

义项

1. 1

   进行某种活动；制造

   The general verb for doing and making: 做饭 to cook, 做菜 to prepare a dish, 你在做什么？ what are you doing? It always takes an object.

   verb
2. 2

   担任某种职务

   verb

例句

• 你在做什么？/你在做什麼？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) zuò (fourth tone, falling) shénme? (second tone, rising)···

  What are you doing?

• 我想做一个中国菜。/我想做一個中國菜。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) cài. (fourth tone, falling)···

  I’d like to cook a Chinese dish.

常见错误

• 不太对我做在椅子上。

  正确我坐在椅子上。

  做 and 坐 are both zuò. 做 is to do or make; 坐 is to sit. Only the character tells them apart, so the context has to carry the meaning in speech.

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