做 zuò in a sentence
To do (make - write - hold - be used as)
做 (zuò) means To do (make - write - hold - be used as). Below are 24 of the 264 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
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From the graded readers
那天我 做 到夜里一点。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ zuòdào yèlǐ yīdiǎn.
I worked until one in the morning that night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我不会 做 的题，她都会 做 。
wǒ bùhuì zuò de / dì tí, tā dōu huì zuò.
The questions I can't do, she can.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
妈妈 做 鱼的时候，它就来了。
māma zuò yú de / dì shíhou, tā jiù lái le / liǎo / liào.
The moment mum cooks fish, he shows up.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
第一天，我连坐上去都 做 不到。
dìyī tiān, wǒ lián zuò shàngqù dōu zuò bùdào.
On the first day I couldn't even get on it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我说：“吃了，我 做 了米饭和菜。”
wǒ shuō:" chīle, wǒ zuòle mǐfàn hé cài."
I said, "Yes — I made rice and vegetables."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
回到家还要继续 做 ，常常两点才睡。
huídào jiā háiyāo jìxù zuò, chángcháng liǎng diǎn cái shuì.
I'd carry on at home and often didn't get to bed until two.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
可是我喜欢那个每天都能说到 做 到的自己。
kěshì wǒ xǐhuan nèigè měitiān dōu néng shuōdào zuòdào de / dì zìjǐ.
But I do like the version of me who does what he says he'll do, every day.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
三年前，我 做 了一个让所有人都反对的决定。
sānnián qián, wǒ zuòle yīgè ràng suǒyǒu rén dōu fǎnduì de / dì juédìng.
Three years ago I made a decision everybody was against.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
From the travel phrasebook
质检怎么 做 ？
Zhìjiǎn zěnme zuò?
How is quality control done?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
您来中国 做 什么？
Nín lái Zhōngguó zuò shénme?
What are you coming to China for?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
这个我 做 不了主。
Zhège wǒ zuò bù liǎo zhǔ.
That's not my decision to make.
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
这个价格很难 做 。
Zhège jiàgé hěn nán zuò.
That price is very difficult for us.
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
From the grammar library
你在 做 什么呢？
Nǐ zài zuò shénme ne?
What are you doing?
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 在 — location and "-ing"
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
做 appears in 264 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 做
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 做
How is 做 used in a sentence?
This page shows 264 sentences using 做 (zuò, "To do (make - write - hold - be used as)"), 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 做 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 做 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 做 an HSK word?
Yes — 做 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 做?
The dictionary page for 做 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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