Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.do; act; engage in
我们下午做实验。
We do the experiment in the afternoon.
父亲教我做生意。
My father teaches me to do business.
他在做什么？
What is he doing?
做苦力
do hard manual work
synonym
- 2
v.make; produce; manufacture
奶奶给她做了条红裙子。
Grandma made her a red skirt.
妈妈喜欢做鞋。
My mother likes to make shoes.
我用那块木头做了张桌子。
I made a table using the piece of wood.
做套家具
make a set of furniture
- 3
v.act as; become; be
我的梦想是做口译。
My dream is to become an interpreter.
做老师并不简单。
It is not easy to be a teacher.
她正在学着做一位母亲。
She is learning to become a mother.
做主席
be the chairman
- 4
v.be used as
这块布能做一对枕套。
This piece of cloth can be used to make a pair of pillow cases.
树皮可用做造纸原料。
Bark can be used as the raw material for making paper.
那篇文章可以做教学材料。
That article may be used as teaching material.
- 5
v.write; compose
他做表面文章。
He put on a show.
做诗
compose a poem
- 6
v.hold; celebrate; hold a family or home celebration
做生日
hold a birthday party
做喜事
hold a wedding
- 7
v.be combined; be closely associated; have family connection; form or contract a relationship
做亲
become relatives by marriage
做朋友
make friends with
做对头
set oneself against somebody
- 8
v.pretend; pose
做样子
make a pretence
做鬼脸
make faces
Words and phrases with 做
- 做客[word]be a guest/visitor
- 做小[word]be one's concubine
- 做伴[word]keep somebody company
- 做交易[word]barter
- 做成[word]accomplish
- 做亲[word]become related by marriage; marry
- 做功课[word]do one's homework; go through Buddhist rituals
- 做完[word]complete
- 做声[word]make a sound
- 做神做鬼[idiom]creep like a ghost
- 做好做歹[idiom]make do; try every possible way
- 做张做智[idiom]put on an act
- 做小伏低[idiom]meet rudeness with a flattering smile
- 做贼心虚[idiom]have something on one's conscience
Word usage
- Note"做" is different from "作". "作" is often used in terms of abstract meaning in written language, especially in idioms, and it is generally used when it is followed by a two-syllable verb. "做" is often used in words that indicate the manufacture of specific things, specific activities, and used in spoken language.