做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 服务 服務 fú wù to serve / service / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 作证 作證 zuò zhèng to bear witness / to testify / to serve as evidence syn 服 fú clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes syn 效劳 效勞 xiào láo to serve (in some capacity) / to work for syn 招待 zhāo dài to hold a reception / to offer hospitality / to entertain (guests) / to serve (customers) syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 活该 活該 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right / deservedly / ought / should syn 服役 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 服刑 fú xíng to serve a prison sentence syn 学徒 學徒 xué tú apprentice / to serve an apprenticeship syn 伺候 cì hòu to serve / to wait upon syn 当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army / to be a soldier syn 发球 發球 fā qiú (tennis etc) to serve / (golf) to tee off syn 用作 yòng zuò to use for the purpose of / to serve as syn 充当 充當 chōng dāng to serve as / to act as / to play the role of syn 开饭 開飯 kāi fàn to serve a meal syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) 服侍 fú shi to attend to / to care for (patients etc) / to look after / to wait upon / to serve / also written 伏侍, see also 服事[fu2 shi4] syn 臣服 chén fú to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve syn 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office syn 上手 shàng shǒu to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor syn 侍从 侍從 shì cóng to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer syn 站岗 站崗 zhàn gǎng to stand guard / to serve on sentry duty syn 侍奉 shì fèng to wait upon / to serve / to attend to sb's needs syn 送达 送達 sòng dá to deliver / to serve notice (law) 衬托 襯托 chèn tuō to serve to highlight / to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 从军 從軍 cóng jūn to enlist / to serve in the army syn 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 发配 發配 fā pèi to send away to serve a penal sentence syn 陪衬 陪襯 péi chèn to serve as a foil / to set off / a foil / a contrast syn 下届 下屆 xià jiè next office holder / next to serve 侍候 shì hòu to serve / to wait upon syn 以身作则 以身作則 yǐ shēn zuò zé to set an example (idiom) / to serve as a model syn 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 充数 充數 chōng shù to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number) / to serve as stopgap syn 凑数 湊數 còu shù to serve as a stopgap / to make up a shortfall in the number of people syn 赤胆忠心 赤膽忠心 chì dǎn zhōng xīn lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom) / wholehearted loyalty / to serve sb with body and soul syn 参赞 參贊 cān zàn to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor 为准 為準 wéi zhǔn to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc) 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 为人民服务 為人民服務 wèi rén mín fú wù Serve the People!, CCP political slogan 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 上菜 shàng cài to serve food 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 代孕 dài yùn to serve as a surrogate mother / surrogacy 垫背 墊背 diàn bèi to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate 勤王 qín wáng to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 端菜 duān cài to serve food 充 chōng sufficient / full / to fill / to serve as / to act as / to act falsely as / to pose as syn 下任 xià rèn next office holder / next to serve syn 侍 shì to serve / to attend upon syn 仕 shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn 监外执行 監外執行 jiān wài zhí xíng to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law) 克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly syn 吃皇粮 吃皇糧 chī huáng liáng lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money 帮闲 幫閑 bāng xián to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc syn 朝秦暮楚 zhāo qín mù chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides syn 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 食物 shí wù food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon syn 美味 měi wèi delicious / delicious food / delicacy syn 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff / food / provisions / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor syn 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 消化 xiāo huà to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process syn 冷冻 冷凍 lěng dòng to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing syn 饮食 飲食 yǐn shí eating and drinking / food and drink / diet syn 素食 sù shí vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet syn 快餐 kuài cān fast food / snack / quick meal 节食 節食 jié shí to save food / to go on a diet 饭菜 飯菜 fàn cài food syn 小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] 鸡翅 雞翅 jī chì chicken wings (fast food) 饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn 变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 食物中毒 shí wù zhòng dú food poisoning 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 快餐店 kuài cān diàn fast food shop syn 鲜活 鮮活 xiān huó vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh syn 伙食 huǒ shí food / meals syn 餐饮 餐飲 cān yǐn food and beverage / catering / repast syn 剩菜 shèng cài leftovers (food) 食物链 食物鏈 shí wù liàn food chain 