| 1 | 工作 | 工作 | gōng zuò | gong1 zuo4 | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 作用 | 作用 | zuò yòng | zuo4 yong4 | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; to play a role; corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 作 | 作 | zuò | zuo4 | to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works | | |
| 4 | 作为 | 作為 | zuò wéi | zuo4 wei2 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | | |
| 5 | 作品 | 作品 | zuò pǐn | zuo4 pin3 | work (of art); opus; Classifiers: 部 | | |
| 6 | 创作 | 創作 | chuàng zuò | chuang4 zuo4 | to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 7 | 动作 | 動作 | dòng zuò | dong4 zuo4 | movement; motion; action; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 8 | 作出 | 作出 | zuò chū | zuo4 chu1 | to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract | | |
| 9 | 作家 | 作家 | zuò jiā | zuo4 jia1 | author; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 10 | 合作 | 合作 | hé zuò | he2 zuo4 | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 11 | 作者 | 作者 | zuò zhě | zuo4 zhe3 | author; writer; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 12 | 著作 | 著作 | zhù zuò | zhu4 zuo4 | to write; literary work; book; article; writings; Classifiers: 部 | | |
| 13 | 当作 | 當作 | dàng zuò | dang4 zuo4 | to treat as; to regard as | | |
| 14 | 工作者 | 工作者 | gōng zuò zhě | gong1 zuo4 zhe3 | worker | | |
| 15 | 看作 | 看作 | kàn zuò | kan4 zuo4 | to look upon as; to regard as | | |
| 16 | 作战 | 作戰 | zuò zhàn | zuo4 zhan4 | combat; to fight | | |
| 17 | 操作 | 操作 | cāo zuò | cao1 zuo4 | to work; to operate; to manipulate | | |
| 18 | 作风 | 作風 | zuò fēng | zuo4 feng1 | style; style of work; way | | |
| 19 | 作物 | 作物 | zuò wù | zuo4 wu4 | crop | | |
| 20 | 协作 | 協作 | xié zuò | xie2 zuo4 | cooperation; coordination | | |
| 21 | 合作社 | 合作社 | hé zuò shè | he2 zuo4 she4 | cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc | | |
| 22 | 工作人员 | 工作人員 | gōng zuò rén yuán | gong1 zuo4 ren2 yuan2 | staff member | | |
| 23 | 写作 | 寫作 | xiě zuò | xie3 zuo4 | to write; to compose; writing; written works | | |
| 24 | 相互作用 | 相互作用 | xiāng hù zuò yòng | xiang1 hu4 zuo4 yong4 | to interact; interaction; interplay | | |
| 25 | 制作 | 製作 | zhì zuò | zhi4 zuo4 | to make; to manufacture | | |