Chinese symbol for “affected”
做作
zuò zuo
affected; artificial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for affected is 做作 (zuò zuo), defined as: affected; artificial.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “affected”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矫情 (矯情) | jiǎo qíng | affected; unnatural |
| 造作 | zào zuò | affected; artificial |
| 装腔作势 (裝腔作勢) | zhuāng qiāng zuò shì | posturing; pretentious |
| 岔调 (岔調) | chà diào | (of a voice) husky; hoarse |
| 假掰 | gēi bāi | (Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ké-pai]) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 做作.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 做出 | zuò chū | to put out; to issue |
| 做到 | zuò dào | to accomplish; to achieve |
| 叫做 | jiào zuò | to be called; to be known as |
| 做法 | zuò fǎ | way of handling sth; method for making |
| 做爱 (做愛) | zuò ài | to make love |
| 做事 | zuò shì | to work; to handle matters |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct; deed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “affected”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.