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 开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn 书 書 shū book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write syn 作 zuò to do / to engage in / to write / to compose / to pretend / to feign / to regard as / to consider to be / to be / to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings / works syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter syn 创作 創作 chuàng zuò to create / to produce / to write / a creative work / a creation syn 写作 寫作 xiě zuò to write / to compose / writing / written works syn 编剧 編劇 biān jù to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter syn 处方 處方 chǔ fāng medical prescription / to write out a prescription / (fig.) recommendation / advice syn 记载 記載 jì zǎi to write down / to record / written account syn 涂鸦 塗鴉 tú yā graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble syn 写字 寫字 xiě zì to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy 回信 huí xìn to reply / to write back / letter written in reply / CL:封[feng1] syn 识 識 zhì to record / to write a footnote syn 着作 著作 zhù zuò literary work / writings / to write 著作 zhù zuò to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:部[bu4] syn 填写 填寫 tián xiě to fill in a form / to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form) syn 报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out syn 书写 書寫 shū xiě to write syn 作文 zuò wén to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[pian1] syn 写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) syn 载入 載入 zǎi rù to load into / to record / to write into / to enter (data) / to go into (the records) / to go down (in history) 围攻 圍攻 wéi gōng to besiege / to beleaguer / to attack from all sides / to jointly speak or write against sb syn 刷新 shuā xīn to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record) syn 一笔勾销 一筆勾銷 yī bǐ gōu xiāo to write off at one stroke syn 注销 註銷 zhù xiāo to cancel / to write off syn 撰写 撰寫 zhuàn xiě to write / to compose syn 平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn 编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director 写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down 挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style syn 博文 bó wén blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak) 笔头 筆頭 bǐ tóu ability to write / writing skill / written / in written form 简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn 记述 記述 jì shù to write an account (of events) syn 落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription 执笔 執筆 zhí bǐ to write / to do the actual writing syn 听写 聽寫 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) / dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear 上书 上書 shàng shū to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition syn 合著 hé zhù to write jointly / to co-author syn 代笔 代筆 dài bǐ to write on behalf of sb / to ghostwrite syn 撰稿 zhuàn gǎo to write (an article for publication) 题字 題字 tí zì to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription 著书 著書 zhù shū to write a book syn 批示 pī shì to write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate / written comments from a superior syn 笔耕 筆耕 bǐ gēng to make a living by writing / to write (as an author) syn 开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt 手书 手書 shǒu shū to write personally / personal letter syn 落笔 落筆 luò bǐ to put pen to paper / to start to write or draw syn 编著 編著 biān zhù to compile / to write syn 著述 zhù shù writing / to write / to compile syn 默写 默寫 mò xiě to write from memory syn 挥毫 揮毫 huī háo to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write syn 开方 開方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity 写给 寫給 xiě gěi write to sb 手写 手寫 shǒu xiě to write by hand syn 板书 板書 bǎn shū to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard 撰文 zhuàn wén to write an article syn 核销 核銷 hé xiāo to audit and write off syn 提笔 提筆 tí bǐ to take up one's pen / to start to write 代写 代寫 dài xiě to write as substitute for sb / a ghost writer / plagiarism 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 乱写 亂寫 luàn xiě to write without basis 乏善可陈 乏善可陳 fá shàn kě chén to be nothing to write home about (idiom) 冲销 沖銷 chōng xiāo (accounting) to charge against / to write off 代书 代書 dài shū to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others) 运笔 運筆 yùn bǐ to wield the pen / to write 著书立说 著書立說 zhù shū lì shuō to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom) syn 描红 描紅 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over 写 寫 xiě to write syn 笔 筆 bǐ pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] syn 编 編 biān to weave / to plait / to organize / to group / to arrange / to edit / to compile / to write / to compose / to fabricate / to make up syn 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 著 zhù to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding syn 默 mò silent / to write from memory syn 志 誌 zhì sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote syn 勾销 勾銷 gōu xiāo to write off / to cancel syn 立传 立傳 lì zhuàn to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image 追记 追記 zhuī jì to award posthumously / to write down afterwards / retrospective account 树碑立传 樹碑立傳 shù bēi lì zhuàn lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of syn 连写 連寫 lián xiě to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces) 打草 dǎ cǎo to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc) 打白条 打白條 dǎ bái tiáo to write an IOU or promissory note 泐 lè to write syn 爬格子 pá gé zi (oral) to write (esp. for a living) / to spell out laboriously on squared paper syn 奋笔疾书 奮筆疾書 fèn bǐ jí shū to write at a tremendous speed syn 画荻教子 畫荻教子 huà dí jiào zǐ to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education 一笔不苟 一筆不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly 摇曳多姿 搖曳多姿 yáo yè duō zī swaying gently / moving elegantly syn 拟作 擬作 nǐ zuò to write in the style of some author / to write as if from the mouth of sb / a pastiche 时写时辍 時寫時輟 shí xiě shí chuò to write for a bit then give up / to write in fits and starts 焚砚 焚硯 fén yàn to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better) 连书 連書 lián shū to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces) 笔底下 筆底下 bǐ dǐ xià ability to write syn 编着 編著 biān zhù compile / write 步韵 步韻 bù yùn to write a poem using another poem's rhymes syn 题签 題簽 tí qiān to write the title of a book on a label 涂鸭 塗鴨 tú yā variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[tu2 ya1] / graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble 