故作

gùzuò
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign

CEDICT

to pretend to be (calm, knowledgeable, etc.); to deliberately be

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Entry Composition

1 故 gù
  1. happening
  2. instance
  3. reason
  4. cause
  5. intentional
  6. former
  7. old
  8. friend
  9. therefore
  10. hence
  11. (of people) to die, dead
2 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works

Containing this entry

故作姿態 gùzuòzītài to put on an act
故作深沉 gùzuòshēnchén to play the profound thinker
故作端莊 gùzuòduānzhuāng
  1. artificial show of seriousness
  2. to pretend to be solemn

Related entries

佯裝 yángzhuāng
  1. to pretend
  2. to pose as
假托 jiǎtuō
  1. to pretend
  2. to use a pretext
  3. to make sth up
  4. to pass oneself off as sb else
  5. to make use of
喬裝 qiáozhuāng
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
  3. to disguise oneself
裝作 zhuāngzuò
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
  3. to act a part
他裝作沒在聽。

He pretended not to be listening.

Source: Tatoeba

裝成 zhuāngchéng to pretend
老闆在的時候他就裝成一副很熱心的樣子。

He pretends to be enthusiastic when his boss is around.

Whenever the boss is around, he plays at being busy.

Whenever the boss is around, he pretends to be busy.

Source: Tatoeba

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