做作 meaning in English

zuòzuo

affected; artificial

18 strokes

Meaning of 做作

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zuòzuo
  1. affected
  2. artificial

做作 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

完wán了le,我wǒ还hái没méi做zuò作zuò业yè!
Crap, I didn't do the homework!
我wǒ花huā了le3小xiǎo时shí做zuò作zuò业yè。
It took me three hours to do my homework.
我wǒ爸bà爸bà帮bāng我wǒ做zuò作zuò业yè。
My father helped me with my homework.
我wǒ吃chī完wán晚wǎn饭fàn后hòu做zuò作zuò业yè。
After dinner, I did my homework.
我wǒ放fàng学xué后hòu做zuò作zuò业yè。
I do my homework after school.

Stroke order for each character

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做 zuò · to make · 11 strokes

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作 zuò · to do · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 做作.

工作gōngzuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
动作dòngzuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
做到zuòdàoto accomplish; to achieve
作用zuòyòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
作家zuòjiāauthor
做法zuòfǎway of handling sth; method for making
做饭zuòfànto prepare a meal; to cook
作业zuòyèschool assignment; homework
叫作jiàozuòto call; to be called
作文zuòwénto write an essay; composition (student essay)
合作hézuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
作品zuòpǐnwork (of art); opus

Questions about 做作

What does 做作 mean?

做作 (zuòzuo) means "affected; artificial".

How do you write 做作?

做作 is made of 2 characters: 做 (11 strokes), 作 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.