做 zuò
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 故 reason, cause
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
做饭
zuòfàn
to cook
Characters in this word
饭 fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我会做饭。 Wǒ huì zuòfàn. I can cook.
- 妈妈做饭。 Māma zuòfàn. Mom cooks.
- 他在做饭。 Tā zài zuòfàn. He is cooking.
Related words
- 做 zuò to do, to make; to cook
- 做到 zuòdào to manage to do
- 做法 zuòfǎ method; way of doing something
- 做客 zuòkè to visit as a guest
- 做梦 zuòmèng to dream
- 吃饭 chīfàn to eat, to have a meal
- 饭 fàn meal; cooked rice
- 饭店 fàndiàn restaurant
- 米饭 mǐfàn cooked rice
- 晚饭 wǎnfàn dinner, supper
- 午饭 wǔfàn lunch
- 早饭 zǎofàn breakfast