动
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Movement in Chinese: 动作 (dòng zuò)

dòng zuò

movement

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 動作2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1movement; motion; action
  2. 2to act; to move

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动
作

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨㄥˋ

dòng

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

动作

Simplified

動作

Traditional

Example sentences

See 动作 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 松鼠动作很快。

    sōng shǔ dòng zuò hěn kuài。

    Squirrels move quickly.

  • 约翰做了个愤怒的动作。

    yuē hàn zuò le gè fèn nù de dòng zuò。

    John made an angry gesture.

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Related words

动

dòng

(of sth) to move

作

zuò

to do

工作

gōng zuò

to work

运动

yùn dòng

to move

动物

dòng wù

animal

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

感动

gǎn dòng

to move (sb)

活动

huó dòng

to exercise

激动

jī dòng

to move emotionally

主动

zhǔ dòng

to take the initiative

作者

zuò zhě

author

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