Chinese words starting with “zuo”
26 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zuo. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 16 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial z · final uo · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 1
- 3rd tone 3
- 4th tone 22
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 作为zuò wéiHSK 4
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
- 昨天zuó tiānHSK 1
yesterday
- 做到zuò dàoHSK 2
to accomplish; to achieve
- 作用zuò yòngHSK 2
to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition
- 左右zuǒ yòuHSK 3
left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- 作品zuò pǐnHSK 3
work (of art); opus
- 作业zuò yèHSK 2
school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate
- 作者zuò zhěHSK 3
author; writer
- 做法zuò fǎHSK 2
way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice
- 作家zuò jiāHSK 2
author
- 坐下zuò xiaHSK 1
to sit down
- 座位zuò wèiHSK 2
seat
- 左边zuǒ bianHSK 1
left; the left side; to the left of
- 做饭zuò fànHSK 2
to prepare a meal; to cook
- 作文zuò wénHSK 2
to write an essay; composition (student essay)
- 做客zuò kèHSK 3
to be a guest or visitor
All 26 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 做 | zuò | v | 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) | |
| 2 | 坐 | zuò | v | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座 | |
| 3 | 作 | zuò | v,g | to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works | |
| 4 | 座 | zuò | q,g | seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects | |
| 5 | 左 | zuǒ | f,a | left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐 | |
| 6 | 作出 | zuò chū | v | 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 | |
| 7 | 作战 | zuò zhàn | v,vn | combat; to fight | |
| 8 | 做梦 | zuò mèng | v | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 9 | 作风 | zuò fēng | n | style; style of work; way | |
| 10 | 作弊 | zuò bì | v,vn | to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices | |
| 11 | 琢磨 | zuó mo | v | to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuó mó] | |
| 12 | 做生意 | zuò shēng yì | to do business | ||
| 13 | 做主 | zuò zhǔ | v | see 主 | |
| 14 | 座谈会 | zuò tán huì | n | conference; symposium; rap session | |
| 15 | 作废 | zuò fèi | v | to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify | |
| 16 | 作物 | zuò wù | n | crop | |
| 17 | 坐落 | zuò luò | v | to be situated; to be located (of a building) | |
| 18 | 作对 | zuò duì | v | to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair | |
| 19 | 座谈 | zuò tán | v,vn | to have an informal discussion | |
| 20 | 座右铭 | zuò yòu míng | n | motto; maxim | |
| 21 | 作息 | zuò xī | n,v | to work and rest | |
| 22 | 作客 | zuò kè | v | to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn | |
| 23 | 佐料 | zuǒ liào | n | condiments; seasoning | |
| 24 | 左顾右盼 | zuǒ gù yòu pàn | v | glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around | |
| 25 | 做东 | zuò dōng | v | to act as host | |
| 26 | 做证 | zuò zhèng | variant of 作证 |
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