做人

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (做人)		做	人
alternative forms		作人 做儂／做侬 Min
Literally: “to be a (proper) person; (Min) to perform/work (with) other people”.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou⁶ jan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du¹ ngin³

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo⁴ nang²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-lâng / chò-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòrén
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-jên²
    • Yale: dzwò-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohren
    • Palladius: цзожэнь (czožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: jouh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² jɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du¹ ngin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³ ᵑɡin²²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁴ nang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁴² naŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁴ nang² [Phonetic: zo¹ nang²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ naŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoealaang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

Verb

做人

1. to behave properly; to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity

   做人的規範／做人的规范  ―  zuòrén de guīfàn  ―  standards of ethical conduct

   做人的價值／做人的价值  ―  zuòrén de jiàzhí  ―  the value of behaving with integrity

   做人不要這麼貪心。 [MSC, trad.]
   做人不要这么贪心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòrén bùyào zhème tānxīn. [Pinyin]

   Don't be so greedy in life.

   做人別老佔便宜。 [MSC, trad.]
   做人别老占便宜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòrén bié lǎo zhàn piányi. [Pinyin]

   Don't always seek to profit at other people's expense.

   活得精不精彩，在於你會不會做人。 [MSC, trad.]
   活得精不精彩，在于你会不会做人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huó de jīng bù jīngcǎi, zàiyú nǐ huì bù huì zuòrén. [Pinyin]

   Whether you can live an amazing life or not depends on whether you can conduct yourself with integrity.

Derived terms

• 重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)

 

See also

• 處事／处事 (chǔshì)
• 待人 (dàirén)

Pronunciation 2

		to do; to make; to produce	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (做人)		做	人
alternative forms		做儂／做侬
Literally: “to be a person; to perform/work/be (with) other people”.

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe--lâng / chò--lâng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe--lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè--lâng
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò--lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsò--lâng

Verb

做人

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, of a woman) to be engaged; to be bethrothed

   阮查某囝舊年做人囉。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   阮查某囝旧年做人啰。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Gún cha-bó͘-kiáⁿ kū-nî chòe--lâng--lo͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Our daughter got engaged last year already.

Synonyms

• 許婚／许婚 (xǔhūn)
• 許配／许配 (xǔpèi)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “做侬”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 595.