動作

See also: 动作

Chinese

	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
trad. (動作)	動	作
simp. (动作)	动	作
anagram	作動／作动

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ zok³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thung-chok

(Hailu, HRS): tung^˖ zog
Eastern Min (BUC): dông-cáuk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dorng⁵ zorh⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōng-chok / tǒng-chok
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶don-tsoq₇ / ⁴don-tsoq₇

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngzuò
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-tso⁴
  - Yale: dùng-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqtzuoh
  - Palladius: дунцзо (dunczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ zok³
  - Yale: duhng jok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ dzok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ zog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² t͡sɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-chok
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung zog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung⁴ zog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ t͡sok̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung^˖ zog
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ³³ t͡sok⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dông-cáuk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɑuʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng⁵ zorh⁶ [Phonetic: dorng⁴ zorh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dō̤ng-co̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒŋ¹¹⁻⁴² t͡sɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng⁵ zorh⁶ [Phonetic: dorng⁴ zorh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒŋ²¹⁻⁴² t͡sɒʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-chok
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-tsok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxngzog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-chok
  - Tâi-lô: tǒng-tsok
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Philippines): /tɔŋ³³⁻²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶don-tsoq₇
  - MiniDict: don^去 tsoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don-tsoq₄
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² t͡soʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁴don-tsoq₇
  - MiniDict: don^上 tsoh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /doŋ²² t͡soʔ⁵⁵/

Noun

動作

(of part of one's body) movement; action; motion; move
趕快停止你的動作，否則我們要開槍了！ [MSC, trad.]
赶快停止你的动作，否则我们要开枪了！ [MSC, simp.]
Gǎnkuài tíngzhǐ nǐ de dòngzuò, fǒuzé wǒmen yào kāiqiāng le! [Pinyin]
Stop what you are doing or we'll open fire!

Synonyms

舉措／举措 (jǔcuò)
舉動／举动 (jǔdòng)

Derived terms

動作感應器 / 动作感应器 (dòngzuò gǎnyìngqì)

Verb

動作

(of part of one's body) to move

Adjective

動作

(film genre) action

Derived terms

動作片 / 动作片

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (動作):

→ Japanese: 動(どう)作(さ) (dōsa)
→ Korean: 동작(動作) (dongjak)
→ Vietnamese: động tác (動作)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	作
どう Grade: 3	さ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーさ [dóꜜòsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [do̞ːsa̠]

Noun

動(どう)作(さ) • (dōsa)

movement of the body
gesture
operation of machinery

Verb

動(どう)作(さ)する • (dōsa suru) intransitive suru (stem 動(どう)作(さ)し (dōsa shi), past 動(どう)作(さ)した (dōsa shita))

move
make a gesture
run, operate, be functional

Conjugation

Conjugation of "動作する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	動作し	どうさし	dōsa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	動作し	どうさし	dōsa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	動作する	どうさする	dōsa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	動作する	どうさする	dōsa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	動作すれ	どうさすれ	dōsa sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	動作せよ¹ 動作しろ²	どうさせよ¹ どうさしろ²	dōsa seyo¹ dōsa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	動作される	どうさされる	dōsa sareru
Causative	動作させる動作さす	どうささせるどうささす	dōsa saseru dōsa sasu
Potential	動作できる	どうさできる	dōsa dekiru
Volitional	動作しよう	どうさしよう	dōsa shiyō
Negative	動作しない	どうさしない	dōsa shinai
Negative continuative	動作せず	どうさせず	dōsa sezu
Formal	動作します	どうさします	dōsa shimasu
Perfective	動作した	どうさした	dōsa shita
Conjunctive	動作して	どうさして	dōsa shite
Hypothetical conditional	動作すれば	どうさすれば	dōsa sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“動作”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
動	作

Noun

動作 • (dongjak) (hangeul 동작)

hanja form^? of 동작 (“movement”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動	作

Noun

動作

chữ Hán form of động tác (“movement; gesture; action”)