Cook in Chinese (Mandarin): 做 (zuò)

做
zuò
cook
- Simplified
- 做
- Traditional
- 做
- Pinyin
- zuò
- Typed as
- zuo
Use it in a sentence
妈妈在做饭。
媽媽在做飯。
Mom is cooking rice.
The characters in 做
做
To make, to do. 亻 (person) is on the left.
11 strokes
Fourth tone. Cooking is 做饭 (zuò fàn), and homework is 做作业 (zuò zuòyè).
More examples with 做
我和爸爸一起做蛋糕。
Wǒ hé bàba yìqǐ zuò dàngāo.
Dad and I make a cake.
我在做作业。
我在做作業。
Wǒ zài zuò zuòyè.
I am doing my homework.
How to write 做 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
做 11 strokes
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