to accomplish; to achieve

to put out; to issue

to make love

to work; to handle matters; to have a job

to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking

to do business

way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]

to prepare a meal; to cook

to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity

to make an error

variant of 作主[zuo4 zhu3]

to cook; cooking

to be a guest or visitor

affected; artificial

to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship

to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal

variant of 作證|作证[zuo4 zheng4]

to act in a play; to put on a play

to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)

to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost

arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale

way of doing sth; behavior; to act in an affected manner; mannerism; gestures in opera

to take an official post; to become a government employee

to act as host

to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为

to become related by marriage; to marry

to keep sb company; to accompany

(physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)

to speak; to emit sound

to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)

to finish; to complete the task

to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)

to be sb's concubine

to orchestrate a trap; to set sb up

variant of 做賬|做账[zuo4 zhang4]

variant of 坐莊|坐庄[zuo4 zhuang1]

to put one's hand to sth; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer

to kill; to get rid of; (sports) to defeat; to eliminate

to do exercises; to do gymnastics

to give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress

to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2]

to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score); to throw a game

(in the game of Go) to make an "eye"; to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and seek out information); to be a scout

(finance) to short sell

to go to extremes; to leave no room for maneuver

to win honor; to put on a stern face; to have a facial (beauty treatment)

to keep the books; to do the accounts; (in context) to cook the books

(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute

(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute