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.
作指示
give instructions
- 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.
他们把我们作自家人看待。
They looked upon us as belonging to the family.
- 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.
杰作
masterpiece
- 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!
枪声大作。
Heavy firing broke out.
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
装模作样
act with affected manners
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
- 作人[word]train
- 作祟[word]hang out at; make mischief
- 作用[word]affect; action
- 作法[word]exercise magic; technique of writing
- 作图[word]construction
- 作声[word]make a sound
- 作价[word]evaluate
- 作准[word]be valid/authentic; give permission/authority to
- 作为[word]action; accomplish
- 作贼心虚[idiom]A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.
- 作茧自缚[idiom]get enmeshed in a web of one's own spinning
- 作如是观[idiom]view the matter in this light
- 作法自毙[idiom]get caught in one's own trap
- 作鸟兽散[idiom]scatter like birds and beasts
- 作恶多端[idiom]do all kinds of bad things
- 作困兽斗[idiom]fight back at bay
- 作奸犯科[idiom]break the law
- 作壁上观[idiom]sit by and watch
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.