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1). 做is usually used to refer to something specific which you can see or touch such as 做衣服and 做作业, while 作is to describe something abstract ...
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做and作arebothtranslatedas"todo"or"tomake."
HowcanItellwhenIshoulduseoneortheother?
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Lookuptheword做作ifyouwanttogetmoreconfused:)
– GeoffreyZheng
Dec14,2011at4:42
@GeoffreyZheng:Awesome,isitanadjective?那个人很做作?
– Mr.ShinyandNew安宇
Dec14,2011at12:57
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Makeitevenconfusing:做作业.;)
– Flake
Dec14,2011at14:47
@FlakeThat'snotactuallyveryconfusingifyouunderstandthat作业shouldbetakentogethertomeanhomework
– YiJiang易江
Dec15,2011at14:25
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇:yesit'smostlyusedasanadjective.Howeveraswithalllivelanguages,youcanuseanadjectiveinmanydifferentways,forexample你做作什么oreven你做什么作bothuseitasaverb.
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Somereallifeexamplestohelpidentifythedifferences:
Ingeneral,"做"isalmostalwaysaverbthathassomerealmeanings.ItisveryclosetoEnglishword"do"initsverbformand"make".E.g."Doyourjob!"="做好你的工作!","donothing"="什么也不做","makelove"="做爱","makesomecakes"="做些蛋糕",etc.
Fortheword"作",inmypersonalopinionfornow,actsasafunctionword(虚词)moreoftenthanhavingsomerealmeanings.E.g."作为"="as/actas","装作"="pretendas".Intheseexamples,itisreallycloseto"as".
Oneofthemostcommon"realmeaning"usagesof"作"is"compose":"作曲"="composeamusic","创作"="compose/create/write".
Anotherverycommonexceptionof"作"istheword"作文".Itisanounmeans"essay"orgenerallythe"writingassignments"forstudents.Withoutcheckingitup,Idon'tevenknowwhatexactly"作"in"作文"means.
Allinall,"做"ismuchmorewidelyusedasitisreallysimilarasEnglish"make"and"do".
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answeredDec13,2011at23:05
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Veryniceandclearexamples!
– LarsAndren
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Itmaybeworthpointingoutthat作文canalsobetranslatedas"composition".
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Flakehasareallygoodanswer,butIthoughtI'daddafavoriteexampleofmine.
工作and做工
Havingajobthatyoudois工作notveryspecific,ratherabstract.Yougosomewheretothinkthoughtsanddothingsthatmakesthecounterinyourbankaccountgouponceeverymonth.Apartofyouridentity;anoccupation.
Carvingaspoonoutofapieceofwood,orcreatingavaseoutofclayis做工.Ahighlytangibleresultofwhatyoudowithyourhands.
Gettingupinthemorningandgoingtoyour工作couldverywellmeandoingsome做工,butwhereasoneishighlevelandabstract,theotheroneisquitespecific(andoftenrelatestoworkingwithyourhands).
Thesetwodifferencesapplytotheusageof作and做inothercontextsaswell.
So,justasFlakesays,作ingapieceofmusicisn'tsomuchtheactualwritingnotesonapaper;itismoreabouthearingthedifferentinstrumentsharmonize,thebeat,themelodyetc.
做ingavaseoutofclaymeansactuallyshapingalumpofdirtintosomehingthatholdsflowersinaprettyway.
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answeredJan2,2012at9:51
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AsanextensiontoFlake'sanswer:
做inmostcasesdonotinvolvecreativeactivity,inanotherword,usuallydonotinvolvemindwork.Asin做工(work),做饭(cook).
作inmostcasesissomethingcreative.Asin作曲(compose),创作(write).
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Soitiskindoflike'toil'vs'perform'for做vs作?
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做sometimesmeansactualactionoracting
作isforabstractedmeanings
infactevenmanynativespeakersarenotveryclearofthat
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Ihavefoundatopictalkingaboutthesetwowords.It'srealycomplicated.
Urlishere:http://xh.5156edu.com/page/z9007m3693j18792.html
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Complicated,butcredible.
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Canyousummarize,oratleastprovideafewrelevantpointsfromthearticle,please?Link-onlyanswersaresubjecttolink-rot.
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Icouldbetotallyoff-baseonthis,becausemyChineseexperienceiscolloquialCantoneseinHongKong,buthere'smy$0.02.Generallyfrommyexperience,作isusedinsituationswhereyou'redoingsomethingthathasanendandanoutput,suchastheCantonesephrase作准备.做seemstobeusedforthingsthataremoreongoing,suchas做工作.Pleasesomebodycomealongandcorrectmeifthisiswrong,becauseI'dliketoknowtheanswertothisaswell.
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frommyexperience,做iscorrespondingto"make"and"do",justlikeyousaid:withnoremarkableend-product,and作iscorrespondingto"compose(作曲)""purposefullyusedas(名词用作动词)""commit(作恶)"Ihavetostress,however,inmychinesePinyinIME,whenItypezuozhunbei,iget"做准备"ratherthan"作准备"...
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做：Theverb'do'.
作：everythingelse.
AsaprofessionaluserofChineseformorethanaquartercenturyIdon'tknowwhatthecharacter作meanindependently.Soyoudon'thavetoeither.
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Yes,作israrelyusedindependentlyasaverbinmodernChinese.However,it'smuchmorecommonlyusedindependentlyinancientChinese.Example:舍瑟而作。
——《论语·先进》(ConfucianAnalects-BookXI:HsienTsin)（Seeref:cnculture.net/ebook/jing/sishu/lunyu_en/11.html）Here,作means挺身直跪--straightupbodywhilekneesitting.It'saverbhere.Anotheroneproverb,whichisstillcommonlyusedtoday,is"日出而作,日入而息"(《乐府诗集》)--wakeupandworkwhenthesunarises,laydownandrestwhenthesunsets(roughtranslation).
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做(pinyin:zuò)
做(pinyin:zuò)canonlybeusedasaverb.Itsmeaningsinclude:
1).create;make
e.g.:做衣服(zuòyīfú,means“makeclothes”);这把凳子是塑料做的(zhèbǎdèngzǐshìsùliàozuòde,means“thischairismadeofplastic”)。
2).pretend
e.g.:做样子(zuòyàngzǐ)
3).tohaverelationshipwithsomebody
e.g.:做朋友(zuòpéngyǒu,means“becomefriends”)
4).usedas…
e.g.:这块木板可以做椅子(zhèkuàimùbǎnkěyǐzuòyǐzǐ,means“thisboardcanbeusedasachair”)
5).tobe…
e.g.:做演员(zuòyǎnyuán,means“tobeanactor”)
作
Exceptforverb,作canbeusedasanounaswell.
1).asaverb.
作compriseslotsofmeaningwhenbeingaverb,suchas“write”in写作,“bestir”in振作,etc.
2).asanoun(pinyin:zuò).
Asanoun,作mainlyreferstoworkssuchas作品、作业、杰作、著作,andcareersuchas工作.
3).asanoun(pinyin:zuō).
Underthiscondition,作isdifferentfrom作above.Itpronoounceszuōandonlyusedin“作坊”.Exceptfor作坊,all作pronouncezuò.
Differencesbetween作and做
Whenspeakingofthedifferencesbetween作and做,itprimarilyliesinwhentheyareusedasaverb.Thedifferencescanbesummerizedasthreepoints.
1).做isusuallyusedtorefertosomethingspecificwhichyoucanseeortouchsuchas做衣服and做作业,while作istodescribesomethingabstractlike作弊,作曲,作孽.
2).Theobjectsfollowing做tendstobeneutral,like做衣服,做梦,做东,while作usuallydescribessomethingnegativelike作弊and作假.
3).做canbeonlyusedasaverb,while作canbeusedasaverbaswellasanoun.
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Translationofthetext
"uses-that-which-is"做".而《TermOcean》"满江红"词条:"plants名……全草可作fishesanddomestic-animals的feed-material……"uses-that-which-is"作".做抵押、做纪念等，also可use"作".Butthoseof"副词((adverb))作状语((作adverbclause))",byconvention,use"作"andnot"做".
Alternativetranslation:(translator'snotesin(()))
andcanbeusedinterchangeably.
(1)"用做"(("useas"))and"用作"(("useas"))aregenerallyinterchangeable.XiandaiHanyuCidian(2005;6thedition):
(6thmeaning)=(("treatedas"))
illustratingitwith:
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