Word: 做 (zuò) to make; to write; to do; to assume (an air or manner)

功课做了没有？

Gōngkè zuòle méiyǒu?

Have you done your homework?

医生们拒绝做第二次手术。

Yīshēngmen jùjué zuò dì'èrcì shǒushù.

Doctors refused to perform a second operation.

医生建议他多做运动。

Yīshēng jiànyì tā duō zuò yùndòng.

The doctor advised him to do more exercise.

医生甚么也做不了。

Yīshēng shénme yě zuò bù liǎo.

There was nothing that the doctors could do.

只有你才做得到。

Zhǐyǒu nǐ cái zuò dédào.

You're the only one who can do it.

只有游客才这么做。

Zhǐyǒu yóukè cái zhème zuò.

The only people who do this are tourists.

只要他怎么做就怎么做就好了。

Zhǐyào tā zěnme zuò jiù zěnme zuò jiù hǎole.

Just imitate what he does.

可以雇人做这件事。

Kěyǐ gù rén zuò zhè jiàn shì.

You could hire someone to do this.

向我解释清楚你在做什么。

Xiàng wǒ jiěshì qīngchu nǐ zài zuò shénme.

Explain to me what you're doing there.

告诉她我在做晚饭。

Gàosu tā wǒ zài zuò wǎnfàn.

Tell her that I am cooking dinner.

告诉我们下一步该怎么做。

Gàosu wǒmen xià yíbù gāi zěnme zuò.

Tell us what to do next.

告诉我你为怎么要这样做。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ wèi zěnme yào zhèyàng zuò.

Give me a reason for doing such a thing.

告诉我你在湘南做了什么。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ zài xiāng Nán zuòle shénme.

Tell me what you did in Shounan.

告诉我拿它做什么。

Gàosu wǒ ná tā zuò shénme.

Tell me what to do with it.

告诉我该做什么。

Gàosu wǒ gāi zuò shénme.

Tell me what to do.

嘿，你在这做什么？

Hēi, nǐ zài zhè zuò shénme?

Hey, what are you doing here?

在两者之间做选择。

Zài liǎngzhě zhījiān zuò xuǎnzé.

Choose between the two.

在假期中我什么都没有做。

Zài jiàqī zhōng wǒ shénme dōu méiyǒu zuò.

I didn't do anything during my vacation.

在这么冷的地方做什么？

Zài zhème lěng de dìfāng zuò shénme?

What are you doing in a freezing place like this?

在这种情况下，他们该做什么？

Zài zhèzhǒng qíngkuàng xià, tāmen gāi zuò shénme?

What should they do in this situation?

大家自己做决定。

Dàjiā zìjǐ zuò juédìng.

Everyone decides for themselves.

大家都做了功课吗？

Dàjiā dōu zuòle gōngkè ma?

Did everyone do their homework?

她不必自己做。

Tā búbì zìjǐ zuò.

She won't have to do that by herself.

她不知道该怎么做。

Tā bù zhīdào gāi zěnme zuò.

She didn't know what to do.

她不需要做这个工作。

Tā bù xūyào zuò zhège gōngzuò.

She needn't have done the work.

她不需要做那个工作。

Tā bù xūyào zuò nàge gōngzuò.

She didn't need to do that work.

她为他做了一套新衣服。

Tā wèi tā zuòle yítào xīn yīfu.

She made him a new suit.

她为他做了件新大衣。

Tā wèi tā zuòle jiàn xīn dàyī.

She made him a new coat.

她为他做了所有她能做的事。

Tā wèi tā zuòle suǒyǒu tā néng zuò de shì.

She did everything she could for him.

她为她做了一切事。

Tā wèi tā zuòle yíqiè shì.

She did everything for her.

她为孩子们做了饼干。

Tā wèi háizimen zuòle bǐnggān.

She made cookies for the children.

她为我做了一个蛋糕。

Tā wèi wǒ zuòle yí gè dàngāo.

She made me a cake.

她为我做了这个娃娃。

Tā wèi wǒ zuòle zhège wáwa.

She made the doll for me.

她为自己所做的事感到羞耻。

Tā wèi zìjǐ suǒ zuò de shì gǎndào xiūchǐ.

She is ashamed of what she's done.

她什么都不做只会抱怨。

Tā shénme dōu bú zuò zhǐ huì bàoyuàn.

She does nothing but complain.

她们不是想让我那样做吗？

Tāmen bú shì xiǎng ràng wǒ nàyàng zuò ma?

They wanted me to do that, didn't they?

她会做糖果。

Tā huì zuò tángguǒ.

She knows how to make candy.

她做了一个奇怪的梦。

Tā zuòle yí gè qíguài de mèng.

She dreamed a strange dream.

她做了一件好看的衣服给我。

Tā zuòle yí jiàn hǎokàn de yīfu gěi wǒ.

She made me a nice dress.

她做了一套新衣服给他。

Tā zuòle yítào xīn yīfu gěi tā.

She made a new suit for him.

她做什么工作？

Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò?

What's her job?

她劝告他不要那样做。

Tā quàngào tā búyào nàyàng zuò.

She advised him against doing it.

她可以同时做这两件事。

Tā kěyǐ tóngshí zuò zhè liǎng jiàn shì.

She can do both at the same time.

她在做什么？

Tā zài zuò shénme?

What's she doing?

她小心地做。

Tā xiǎoxīn de zuò.

She did it carefully.

她工作做得乱七八糟。

Tā gōngzuò zuò de luànqī-bāzāo.

She made a mess of the work.

她带了些她自己做的蛋糕。

Tā dàile xiē tā zìjǐ zuò de dàngāo.

She brought cakes that she made herself.

她开了窗，尽管我叫她别这么做。

Tā kāile chuāng, jǐnguǎn wǒ jiào tā bié zhème zuò.

She opened the window, even though I told her not to.

她强迫他做这个工作。

Tā qiǎngpò tā zuò zhège gōngzuò.

She saddled him with the work.

她很清楚自己该怎么做。

Tā hěn qīngchu zìjǐ gāi zěnme zuò.

She knows exactly what she should do.

她忙着做她的功课。

Tā mángzhe zuò tā de gōngkè.

She was busy doing her homework.

她把这个工作派给他做。

Tā bǎ zhège gōngzuò pài gěi tā zuò.

She assigned the work to him.

她昨天一定已经做过了。

Tā zuótiān yídìng yǐjīng zuòguole.

She must have done it yesterday.

她有很多事要做。

Tā yǒu hěn duō shì yào zuò.

She has a lot of work to do.

她永远也做不到保守秘密。

Tā yǒngyuǎn yě zuò búdào bǎoshǒu mìmì.

She can never keep a secret.

她没说她为什么那么做。

Tā méi shuō tā wèishénme nàme zuò.

She didn't say why she did that.

她现在正在做她的功课。

Tā xiànzài zhèngzài zuò tā de gōngkè.

She is doing her homework now.

她的妈妈给她做一件新衣服。

Tā de māma gěi tā zuò yí jiàn xīn yīfu.

Her mother made her a new dress.

她的手很巧，会做衣服。

Tā de shǒu hěn qiǎo, huì zuò yīfu.

She is skillful with her hands and can make clothes.

她的衣服全部都是她自己做的。

Tā de yīfu quánbù dōu shì tā zìjǐ zuò de.

She makes all her own clothes.

她给他做了个按摩。

Tā gěi tā zuòle gè ànmó.

She gave him a massage.

她要自己做决定。

Tā yào zìjǐ zuò juédìng.

She has to make her own decisions.

她说她可能会做。

Tā shuō tā kěnéng huì zuò.

She said she may do that.

她问怎么做鱼。

Tā wèn zěnme zuò yú.

She asked how to cook fish.

好像没事可做。

Hǎoxiàng méishì kě zuò.

There seemed to be nothing to do.

如果事情值得做就值得做好。

Rúguǒ shìqing zhíde zuò jiù zhíde zuò hǎo.

If it is worth doing, do it well.

如果你是我，你会怎么做？

Rúguǒ nǐ shì wǒ, nǐ huì zěnme zuò?

If you are me, how can you do it?

如果值得一做，就值得做好。

Rúguǒ zhíde yí zuò, jiù zhíde zuò hǎo.

If it is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.

如果我是你，我也会这么做。

Rúguǒ wǒ shì nǐ, wǒ yě huì zhème zuò.

Were I in your place I would do the same thing.

如果我是你，我就不做那件事。

Rúguǒ wǒ shì nǐ, wǒ jiù bú zuò nà jiàn shì.

If I were you, I wouldn't do it.

如果我那么做你会怎么想？

Rúguǒ wǒ nàme zuò nǐ huì zěnme xiǎng?

What would you think if I did that?

如果时间够了，我会做得更好。

Rúguǒ shíjiān gòu le, wǒ huì zuò de gèng hǎo.

I could have done better if I had had more time.

如果是这样的话，我们该做什么？

Rúguǒ shì zhèyàng dehuà, wǒmen gāi zuò shénme?

If so, what should we do?

如果没有我，你什么也做不到。

Rúguǒ méiyǒu wǒ, nǐ shénme yě zuò búdào.

Without me, you wouldn't get anything done.

妈妈做的包子真好吃！

Māma zuò de bāozi zhēn hǎochī!

The baozi my mom makes are so delicious!

妈妈做蛋糕。

Māma zuò dàngāo.

Mum is making a cake.

妈妈正在忙着做晚饭。

Māma zhèngzài mángzhe zuò wǎnfàn.

My mother is busy cooking supper.

嫉妒让他那样做。

Jídù ràng tā nàyàng zuò.

Jealousy made him do that.

对于做寿司，他很有经验。

Duìyú zuò shòusī, tā hěn yǒu jīngyàn.

He's very experienced at making sushi.

尝试在下一次做得更好。

Chángshì zài xià yícì zuò de gèng hǎo.

Try and do better next time.

工作都全由我做。

Gōngzuò dōu quán yóu wǒ zuò.

I do all the work.

希望我们以后不必再这样做了。

Xīwàng wǒmen yǐhòu búbì zài zhèyàng zuòle.

Let's hope that we don't have to do that anymore.

帮我做作业吧。

Bāng wǒ zuò zuòyè ba.

Help me with my homework, please.

开始工作前要先做好计划。

Kāishǐ gōngzuò qián yào xiān zuò hǎo jìhuà.

Plan your work before you start it.

当时你在做什么？

Dāngshí nǐ zài zuò shénme?

What were you doing then?

当时我什么都不能做。

Dāngshí wǒ shénme dōu bùnéng zuò.

There was nothing I could do at that time.

很多人不知道怎么做。

Hěn duō rén bù zhīdào zěnme zuò.

A lot of people don't know how to do that.

很少有人知道怎么做。

Hěn shǎo yǒurén zhīdào zěnme zuò.

Few people know how to do it.

得有人做点事。

De yǒurén zuò diǎn shì.

Somebody's got to do something.

必须有人来做这件事。

Bìxū yǒurén lái zuò zhè jiàn shì.

Someone's got to do that.

怎么做箱子？

Zěnme zuò xiāngzi?

How do you make a box?

您下午做啥呢？

Nín xiàwǔ zuò shá ne?

So what will you do in the afternoon?

您今天做了什么？

Nín jīntiān zuòle shénme?

What have you done today?

您做了个坏榜样。

Nín zuòle gè huài bǎngyàng.

You've set a bad example.

您可以做任何您想做的事。

Nín kěyǐ zuò rènhé nín xiǎng zuò de shì.

You are welcome to do anything you like.

您可以给我重新做一遍吗？

Nín kěyǐ gěi wǒ chóngxīn zuò yíbiàn ma?

Can you re-do it for me?

您在做什么菜？

Nín zài zuò shénme cài?

What meal are you making?

您应该马上做。

Nín yīnggāi mǎshàng zuò.

You should do that right away.

您建议我做什么？

Nín jiànyì wǒ zuò shénme?

What do you advise me to do?

您空闲时间喜欢做什么？

Nín kòngxián shíjiān xǐhuan zuò shénme?

What do you like to do in your free time?