Cantonese Dictionary

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作文
Mandarin: zuo4 wen2
to write (essay, article, etc.)
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作曲
Mandarin: zuo4 qu3
to compose music
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作曲家
Mandarin: zuo4 qu3 jia1
a composer (of music)
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作案
Mandarin: zuo4 an4
to commit a crime
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作梗
Mandarin: zuo4 geng3
Cantonese
to obstruct on purpose
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作業環境
Mandarin: zuo4 ye4 huan2 jing4
operating environment
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作業系統
Mandarin: zuo4 ye4 xi4 tong3
operating system
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作死
Mandarin: zuo4 si3
(verb) look for trouble or get into trouble
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作法
Mandarin: zuo4 fa3
modus operandi; way of doing something; course of action; practice
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作法自斃
Mandarin: zuo4 fa3 zi4 bi4
Simplified: 作法自毙
suffering the consequences of one's doing; you ask for it
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作渴
Mandarin: zuo4 ke3
Thirsty
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作準備
plan; smooth path; warm up; gird
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作為
Mandarin: zuo4 wei2
[1] conduct; deed; action [2] to accomplish; to do something worthwhile [3] to regard; to look upon
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作牙
Mandarin: zuo4 ya2
to have a religious meal
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作物
Mandarin: zuo4 wu4
crop
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作狀
Mandarin: zuo4 zhuang4
Simplified: 作状
(verb) to pretend; to feign; to fake; (adjective) pretentious; contrived
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作用
Mandarin: zuo4 yong4
[1] role; function; [2] effect; action
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作用理論
Mandarin: zuo4 yong4 li3 lun4
interactive theory
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作福
Mandarin: zuo4 fu2
to abuse the power one has | blessings
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作秀
[n][台] a show (as loanword) | also 做騷
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作答
Mandarin: zuo4 da2
to answer, to reply, respond (usually just spoken as 答) [Syn.] 回答
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作繭
Mandarin: zuo4 jian3
to spin (silkworm, etc...)
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作繭自縛
Mandarin: zuo4 jian3 zi4 fu2
to be caught in one's own trap (lit. to spin a cocoon around oneself)
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作置
Mandarin: zuo4 zhi4
scheming to seize something | somebody; to deal with; to handle [colloquial]
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作美
Mandarin: zuo4 mei3
conducting good deeds
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作者
Mandarin: zuo4 zhe3
author
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作藉口
Mandarin: zuo4 jie4 kou3
Cantonese
make an excuse
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作詞
Mandarin: zuo4 ci2
Simplified: 作词
to write lyrics
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作詩
Mandarin: zuo4 shi1
Simplified: 作诗
to write poem
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作證
give evidence; attest; bear witness; depose; tell; testify; witness
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