Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.work; engage in an activity; carry out
周末我们要作报告。
We will give a report at the weekend.
我们要与一切敌对分子作斗争。
We must fight against all hostile elements.
你快作功课吧，然后再去玩。
Do your homework quickly, and then go to play.
- 2
v.write; compose
我们来作一篇文章吧。
Let's make an article.
他在课堂上即兴作了一首诗。
He improvised a poem in class.
这是由我老师作曲的音乐。
This is a music composed by my teacher.
- 3
v.regard as; take for; act as
你不要认贼作父啊。
Don't take the thief as your father.
我来作翻译。
I'll act as interpreter.
人民当家作主人。
The people are the masters of their country.
- 4
n.writings; work
这是你的新作吗？
Is this your new work?
译文一定要忠实原作。
The translation must be faithful to the original.
这本书是他的成功之作。
This book is his successful work.
- 5
v.rise; get up; stand up; grow
日出而作
get up at sunrise
客作而辞。
The guest stood up to say good-bye.
振作起来！
Pull yourself together!
synonym
- 6
v.pretend; affect; assume
装聋作哑
pretend to be deaf and dumb
故作姿态
assume the airs of magnanimity
作作样子而已
just pretend
synonym
- 7
v.have; feel
肚子一阵作痛
have a stomach pain
笑声大作
burst out laughing
作呕
feel sick
Words and phrases with 作
- 作法[word]exercise magic; technique of writing
- 作中[word]act as an intermediary
- 作证[word]act as evidence; act as witness
- 作价[word]evaluate
- 作势[word]assume a posture
- 作陪[word]be invited to accompany the chief guest
- 作答[word]answer
- 作人[word]train
- 作用力[word]acting force
- 作恶多端[idiom]do all kinds of bad things
- 作困兽斗[idiom]fight back at bay
- 作法自毙[idiom]get caught in one's own trap
- 作如是观[idiom]view the matter in this light
- 作茧自缚[idiom]get enmeshed in a web of one's own spinning
- 作贼心虚[idiom]A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.
- 作鸟兽散[idiom]scatter like birds and beasts
- 作壁上观[idiom]sit by and watch
- 作奸犯科[idiom]break the law
Word usage
- Note"作" is different from "做". "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.