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故作

gùzuò

to pretend
to feign

CEDICT

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

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Entry Composition

故

gù

happening
instance
reason
cause
intentional
former
old
friend
therefore
hence
(of people) to die, dead

作

zuò

to do; to engage in
to write; to compose
to pretend; to feign
to regard as; to consider to be
to be; to act the part of
to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
writings; works

Containing this entry

to play the profound thinker

故作端莊

gùzuòduānzhuāng

artificial show of seriousness
to pretend to be solemn

Related entries

佯裝

yángzhuāng

to pretend
to pose as

假托

jiǎtuō

to pretend
to use a pretext
to make sth up
to pass oneself off as sb else
to make use of

喬裝

qiáozhuāng

to pretend
to feign
to disguise oneself

裝作

zhuāngzuò

to pretend
to feign
to act a part

他裝作沒在聽。

He pretended not to be listening.

Source: Tatoeba

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

佯

yáng

to feign
to pretend

假作

jiǎzuò

to feign
to pretend

假裝

jiǎzhuāng

to feign
to pretend

假装你是我。

Pretend you're me.

Source: Tatoeba

紿

dài

to cheat
to pretend
to deceive

撟

jiǎo

to raise
to lift
to pretend
counterfeit
unyielding
variant of 矯 jiǎo
to correct

詐

zhà

to cheat
to swindle
to pretend
to feign
to draw sb out
to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

矯

jiǎo

to correct
to rectify
to redress
strong
brave
to pretend
to feign
affectation

裝

zhuāng

adornment
to adorn
dress
clothing
costume (of an actor in a play)
to play a role
to pretend
to install
to fix
to wrap (sth in a bag)
to load
to pack

他装同性恋。

He pretends to be gay.

Source: Tatoeba

冒充

màochōng

to feign
to pretend to be
to pass oneself off as

演戲

yǎnxì

to put on a play
to perform
fig. to pretend
to feign