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Action in Chinese

action · HSK 4

动作 dòng zuò

  1. 动 dòng to move
  2. 作 zuò to do

Counted with 个: 一个动作 yí gè dòngzuò

他跳舞的动作很好看。 His dance moves look great.

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How do you say action in Chinese?

Action in Chinese is 动作 (dòng zuò). You can also say 行动 (xíng dòng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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