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 Mandarin

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): cho-se / cho-sṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): có̤-dâi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-sū / chò-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zo³ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshyh
    • Palladius: цзоши (czoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dzwò-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshell
    • Palladius: цзошир (czošir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: jouh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-se / cho-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo se / zo sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴ se⁴ / zo⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ se⁵⁵/, /t͡so⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤-dâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoeasu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zo³ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsò sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/

Verb

做⫽事 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to do things; to handle matters

   在暗中做事  ―  zài ànzhōng zuòshì  ―  to do things in secret

2. to work; to have a job; to hold a position

Synonyms

• (to do things):

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• 事事 (shìshì) (literary)
• 取事 (qǔshì) (literary)
• 幹事／干事 (gànshì)
• 治事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 行事 (xíngshì) (literary)
• 辦事／办事 (bànshì)

 

• (to work):

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• 上任 (shàngrèn)
• 任事 (rènshì) (literary)
• 任職／任职 (rènzhí)
• 供職／供职 (gòngzhí) (literary)
• 出任 (chūrèn)
• 到任 (dàorèn) (literary)
• 到職／到职 (dàozhí) (literary)
• 即位 (jíwèi)
• 就事 (jiùshì) (literary)
• 就任 (jiùrèn)
• 就位 (jiùwèi)
• 就職／就职 (jiùzhí)
• 蒞任／莅任 (lìrèn) (literary)

 

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		工作, 幹活
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	幹活兒
	Taiwan	工作
	Singapore	做工
Cantonese	Guangzhou	做嘢, 做工
	Hong Kong	做嘢
	Taishan	做工
	Singapore (Guangfu)	做工
Gan	Nanchang	做事
Hakka	Meixian	做事
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做事
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做事
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做事
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	做事
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做事
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	做事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	做事計
Southern Min	Xiamen	做穡, 做工課
	Jinjiang	作穡
	Taipei	作穡
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	作穡
	Kaohsiung	作穡的
	Yilan	作穡
	Changhua (Lukang)	作穡
	Taichung	做工課, 作穡
	Tainan	作穡
	Hsinchu	做工仔, 做穡
	Kinmen	做工
	Penghu (Magong)	做穡
	Penang (Hokkien)	做工
	Singapore (Hokkien)	做工
	Manila (Hokkien)	作穡, 做工, 做頭路
	Shantou	做工, 做事, 做工課
	Singapore (Teochew)	做工
	Singapore (Hainanese)	做工
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	做工

Dialectal synonyms of 工作 (“to work; to do work”) [map]