造作

zàozuo

affected; artificial; pretentious

Wiktionary

Homographs

造作 zàozuò
  1. affected
  2. artificial
  3. to make
  4. to manufacture

Entry Composition

1 造 zào
  1. to make
  2. to build
  3. to manufacture
  4. to invent
  5. to fabricate
  6. to go to
  7. party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
  8. crop
  9. classifier for crops
=2 作 zuō
  1. (bound form) worker
  2. (bound form) workshop
  3. (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
=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