HSK 4 vocabulary › 作用
作用
作用 in English: to act on; to affect
zuò yòng
to act on; to affect
How to pronounce 作用
zuò yòng (without tone marks: zuo yong). zuò is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; yòng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 作用
作 zuò
(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
用 yòng
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
Related words
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; to operate | HSK 1 |
| 作业 | zuò yè | school assignment; homework | HSK 3 |
| 信用卡 | xìn yòng kǎ | credit card | HSK 3 |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to employ | HSK 3 |
| 动作 | dòng zuò | movement; motion | HSK 4 |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author | HSK 4 |
| 作者 | zuò zhě | author; writer | HSK 4 |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ | HSK 4 |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate | HSK 5 |
| 写作 | xiě zuò | to write; to compose | HSK 5 |