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Definition 2024

做事

做事

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (做事)		做	事

Alternative forms

作事

Verb

做事

to do things; to handle matters
to work; to have a job

Derived terms

共事 (gòngshì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòshì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): cho-se / cho-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): choh-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zuòshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    作事
    作勢／作势
    做事
    坐視／坐视
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: jouh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-se / cho-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo se / zo sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴ se⁴ / zo⁴ si⁴
  - IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ se⁵⁵/, /t͡so⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choh-sū
  - Tâi-lô: tsoh-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoihsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɤ(ʔ)⁵ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ su³³/