| 1 | 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 | | |
| 2 | 作 | 作 | zuò | zuo4 | to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works | | |
| 3 | 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 | | |
| 4 | 作品 | 作品 | zuò pǐn | zuo4 pin3 | work (of art); opus; Classifiers: 部 | | |
| 5 | 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 | | |
| 6 | 作家 | 作家 | zuò jiā | zuo4 jia1 | author; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 7 | 作者 | 作者 | zuò zhě | zuo4 zhe3 | author; writer; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 8 | 作战 | 作戰 | zuò zhàn | zuo4 zhan4 | combat; to fight | | |
| 9 | 作风 | 作風 | zuò fēng | zuo4 feng1 | style; style of work; way | | |
| 10 | 作物 | 作物 | zuò wù | zuo4 wu4 | crop | | |
| 11 | 作业 | 作業 | zuò yè | zuo4 ye4 | school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; Classifiers: 个 ; to operate | | |
| 12 | 作曲家 | 作曲家 | zuò qǔ jiā | zuo4 qu3 jia1 | composer; songwriter | | |
| 13 | 作法 | 作法 | zuò fǎ | zuo4 fa3 | course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi | | |
| 14 | 作用力 | 作用力 | zuò yòng lì | zuo4 yong4 li4 | effort; active force; applied force | | |
| 15 | 作文 | 作文 | zuò wén | zuo4 wen2 | to write an essay; composition (student essay); Classifiers: 篇 | | |
| 16 | 作画 | 作畫 | zuò huà | zuo4 hua4 | to paint | | |
| 17 | 作曲 | 作曲 | zuò qǔ | zuo4 qu3 | to compose (music) | | |
| 18 | 作案 | 作案 | zuò àn | zuo4 an4 | to commit a crime | | |
| 19 | 作梗 | 作梗 | zuò gěng | zuo4 geng3 | to hinder; to obstruct; to create difficulties | | |
| 20 | 作准 | 作準 | zuò zhǔn | zuo4 zhun3 | to recognize; to acknowledge (as valid) | | |
| 21 | 作答 | 作答 | zuò dá | zuo4 da2 | to answer; to respond | | |
| 22 | 作辍 | 作輟 | zuò chuò | zuo4 chuo4 | now working, now stopping | | |
| 23 | 作出让步 | 作出讓步 | zuò chū ràng bù | zuo4 chu1 rang4 bu4 | to make a concession; to compromise | | |
| 24 | 作古 | 作古 | zuò gǔ | zuo4 gu3 | to die; to pass away | | |
| 25 | 作保 | 作保 | zuò bǎo | zuo4 bao3 | to act as surety for sb; to be sb's guarantor; to stand bail for sb | | |