所作所为 meaning in English

suǒzuò-suǒwéi

one's conduct and deeds

HSK 7-9Traditional 所作所為27 strokes

Meaning of 所作所为

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

suǒzuòsuǒwéi
  1. one's conduct and deeds

所作所为 in example sentences

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

他tā的de所suǒ作zuò所suǒ为wéi没méi有yǒu错cuò。
What he did wasn't wrong.
他tā的de所suǒ作zuò所suǒ为wéi总zǒng是shì让ràng我wǒ惊jīng讶yà。
His behavior never ceases to surprise me.
她tā必bì须xū为wèi自zì己jǐ的de所suǒ作zuò所suǒ为wéi付fù出chū代dài价jià。
She has to pay for what she did.
汤tāng姆mǔ不bù知zhī道dào他tā的de所suǒ作zuò所suǒ为wéi违wéi反fǎn了le规guī则zé。
Tom didn't know what he'd done was against the rules.
玛mǎ丽lì向xiàng我wǒ们men隐yǐn瞒mán了le自zì己jǐ的de所suǒ作zuò所suǒ为wéi。
Mary was lying to us about what she did.

Stroke order for each character

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所 suǒ · actually · 8 strokes

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作 zuò · to do · 7 strokes

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所 suǒ · actually · 8 strokes

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为 wèi · because of · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 所作所为.

工作gōngzuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
动作dòngzuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
为什么wèi shénmewhy?; for what reason?
因为yīnwèibecause; owing to; on account of
所以suǒyǐtherefore; as a result
所有suǒyǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
认为rènwéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
以为yǐwéito think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless refe
成为chéngwéito become; to turn into
行为xíngwéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
作用zuòyòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
作家zuòjiāauthor

Questions about 所作所为

What does 所作所为 mean?

所作所为 (suǒzuò-suǒwéi) means "one's conduct and deeds".

How do you write 所作所为?

所作所为 is made of 4 characters: 所 (8 strokes), 作 (7 strokes), 所 (8 strokes), 为 (4 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.

Is 所作所为 an HSK word?

Yes. 所作所为 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 所作所为 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 所作所为 is written 所作所為.