| 亚太经济合作组织 | Yà Tài Jīng jì Hé zuò Zǔ zhī | Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization; APEC |
| 亦作 | yì zuò | also written as |
| 代表作 | dài biǎo zuò | representative work (of an author or artist) |
| 仵作 | wǔ zuò | coroner (old) |
| 作下 | zuò xià | to do; to make (usually bad connotation) |
| 作交易 | zuò jiāo yì | to deal; to transact |
| 作人 | zuò rén | to conduct oneself; same as 做人 |
| 作假 | zuò jiǎ | to counterfeit; to falsify; to cheat; to defraud; fraudulent; to behave affectedly |
| 作出 | zuò chū | 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 |
| 作出让步 | zuò chū ràng bù | to make a concession; to compromise |
| 作势 | zuò shì | to adopt an attitude; to strike a posture |
| 作古人 | zuò gǔ rén | to die; to pass away |
| 作合 | zuò hé | to make a match; to get married |
| 作哼声 | zuò hēng shēng | snort |
| 作呕 | zuò ǒu | to feel sick; to feel nauseous; to feel disgusted |
| 作好准备 | zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi | to make adequate preparation |
| 作威作福 | zuò wēi zuò fú | tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people |
| 作孽 | zuò niè | to sin |
| 作弊 | zuò bì | to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices |
| 作息 | zuò xī | work and rest |
| 作息时间 | zuò xī shí jiān | daily schedule; daily routine |
| 作息时间表 | zuò xī shí jiān biǎo | daily schedule; work schedule |
| 作爱 | zuò ài | to make love |
| 作战失踪 | zuò zhàn shī zōng | see 作战失踪人员 |
| 作战失踪人员 | zuò zhàn shī zōng rén yuán | missing in action (MIA) (military) |
| 作手 | zuò shǒu | writer; expert |
| 作揖 | zuò yī | to bow with hands held in front |
| 作数 | zuò shù | valid; counting (as valid) |
| 作料 | zuó liao | condiments; seasoning |
| 作曲者 | zuò qǔ zhě | composer; song writer |
| 作业环境 | zuò yè huán jìng | operating environment |
| 作业系统 | zuò yè xì tǒng | operating system |
| 作死 | zuò sǐ | (also [zuo1 si3]) to invite death by recklessness; the road to ruin |
| 作用理论 | zuò yòng lǐ lùn | interactive theory |
| 作画 | zuò huà | to paint |
| 作痛 | zuò tòng | to ache |
| 作祟 | zuò suì | haunted; to haunt |
| 作秀 | zuò xiù | to show off (loanword, from English "show"); to grandstand; to perform in a stage show |
| 作笔记 | zuò bǐ jì | to take notes |
| 作茧 | zuò jiǎn | to make a cocoon |
| 作茧自缚 | zuò jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard |
| 作罢 | zuò bà | to drop (subject etc) |
| 作者不详 | zuò zhě bù xiáng | anonymous author |
| 作者未详 | zuò zhě wèi xiáng | anonymous author |
| 作者权 | zuò zhě quán | copyright |
| 作兴 | zuò xīng | maybe; possibly; there is reason to believe |
| 作色 | zuò sè | to show signs of anger; to flush with annoyance |
| 作誓 | zuò shì | to pledge |
| 作证能力 | zuò zhèng néng lì | competence |
| 作贼 | zuò zéi | to be a thief |
