作 zuò in a sentence
To do (make - write - take as - feel - work)
作 (zuò) means To do (make - write - take as - feel - work). Below are 24 of the 286 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他正在写 作 业。
Tā zhèng zài xiě zuòyè.
He is doing his homework right now.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 正
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From the graded readers
她又问：“工 作 怎么样？”
tā yòu wèn:" gōngzuò zěnmeyàng?"
Then she asked, "How's work?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
今年我因为工 作 ，没能回去。
jīnnián wǒ yīnwèi gōngzuò, méi néng huíqu.
This year I couldn't get back because of work.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
去年爸爸来看我工 作 的地方。
qùnián bàba láikàn wǒ gōngzuò de / dì dìfang.
Last year my father came to see where I work.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
小雨要去另一个城市工 作 了。
xiǎo yǔ yāo qù lìngyī gè chéngshì gōngzuòle.
Xiaoyu was leaving to work in another city.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
新工 作 的收入只有原来的一半。
xīn gōngzuò de / dì shōurù zhǐyǒu yuánlái de / dì yībàn.
The new job paid half what the old one had.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
我妈妈是医生，她的工 作 也很忙。
wǒ māma shì yīshēng, tā de / dì gōngzuò yě hěn máng.
My mum is a doctor and her job is busy too.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我昨天晚上工 作 到很晚，睡得很少。
wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang gōngzuò dào hěn wǎn, shuì dehěn shǎo / shào.
I worked late last night and slept very little.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
她把手机交给了图书馆的工 作 人员。
tā bǎshǒu jī jiāogěi le / liǎo / liào túshūguǎn de / dì gōngzuò rényuán.
She'd handed it in to the library staff.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
毕业以后工 作 忙，就更没有时间了。
bìyè yǐhòu gōngzuò máng, jiù gèng / gēng méiyǒu shíjiān le / liǎo / liào.
After graduating, work was busy and there was even less time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
From the travel phrasebook
期待合 作 。
Qīdài hézuò.
Looking forward to working together.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
我们想继续合 作 。
Wǒmen xiǎng jìxù hézuò.
We want to keep working together.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
From the grammar library
我做完 作 业了。
Wǒ zuòwán zuòyè le.
I've finished the homework.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
作 appears in 286 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 作
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Questions about 作
How is 作 used in a sentence?
This page shows 286 sentences using 作 (zuò, "To do (make - write - take as - feel - work)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 作 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 作 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 作?
The dictionary page for 作 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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