造作

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

CEDICT

to make; to manufacture

Wiktionary

  1. 製造、捏造。
  2. 故意做出的不自然舉動。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

造作 zàozuo

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 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

矯揉造作 jiǎoróuzàozuò
  1. pretension
  2. affectation
  3. putting on artificial airs

Related entries

做作 zuòzuo
  1. affected
  2. artificial
帮我做作业吧。

Help me with my homework, please.

Source: Tatoeba

矯情 jiǎoqíng
  1. affected
  2. unnatural
  3. pretentious
岔調 chàdiào
  1. (of a voice) husky
  2. hoarse
  3. affected
  4. (music) to go off-key
裝腔作勢 zhuāngqiāngzuòshì
  1. posturing
  2. pretentious
  3. affected
人工 réngōng
  1. artificial
  2. manpower
  3. manual work
这个地区的人工作很勤奋。

Everyone around the area works hard.

Source: Tatoeba

人為 rénwéi
  1. artificial
  2. man-made
  3. having human cause or origin
  4. human attempt or effort
沒人為湯姆提供建議。

Tom has no one to advise him.

Source: Tatoeba

人造 rénzào
  1. man-made
  2. artificial
  3. synthetic
這是朵人造花。

It's an artificial flower.

Source: Tatoeba

假 jiǎ
  1. fake
  2. false
  3. artificial
  4. to borrow
  5. if
  6. suppose
假的。

Faking.

Source: Tatoeba

虛偽 xūwěi
  1. false
  2. hypocritical
  3. artificial
  4. sham
我从来没有见过谁像你这么虚伪的。

I've never known anyone as hypocritical as you.

Source: Tatoeba

義 yì
  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. meaning
  4. foster (father etc)
  5. adopted
  6. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
  7. relationship
  8. friendship
创造主义是一种伪科学。

Creationism is a pseudo-science.

Source: Tatoeba

使 shǐ
  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger
新闻使她不安。

The news distressed her.

Source: Tatoeba

打製 dǎzhì
  1. to make (by hammering, chipping etc)
  2. to forge (silverware, metal implements etc)
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
桥在建造中。

The bridge is under construction.

Source: Tatoeba

釀成 niàngchéng
  1. to make (wine or spirits)
  2. (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
完美主義很容易釀成災難。

Perfectionism can quickly become a disaster.

Source: Tatoeba

開列 kāiliè
  1. to make (a list)
  2. to list
作下 zuòxià
  1. to do
  2. to make (usually bad connotation)
掙得 zhèngdé
  1. to earn (income)
  2. to make (money)
搞 gǎo
  1. to do
  2. to make
  3. to go in for
  4. to set up
  5. to get hold of
  6. to take care of
搞什么

What's up?

Source: Tatoeba

縫製 féngzhì
  1. to sew
  2. to make (clothes, bedding)
製 zhì
  1. to manufacture
  2. to make
我的钱包是皮制的。

My wallet is made of leather.

Source: Tatoeba

作出 zuòchū
  1. to put out
  2. to come up with
  3. to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. to draw (conclusion)
  6. to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. to devise (explanation)
  8. to extract
你怎样作出的解释？

How do you account for that?

Source: Tatoeba

掙 zhèng
  1. to struggle to get free
  2. to strive to acquire
  3. to make (money)
他每个月挣多少？

How much does he earn per month?

Source: Tatoeba

營造 yíngzào
  1. to build (housing)
  2. to construct
  3. to make
房間裡的鏡面牆營造出寬敞的錯覺。

A mirror wall in the room creates an illusion of spaciousness.

Source: Tatoeba

製成 zhìchéng
  1. to manufacture
  2. to turn out (a product)
面粉是小麦制成的。

Flour is made from wheat.

Source: Tatoeba