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Role in Chinese

role · HSK 4

作用 zuò yòng

  1. 作 zuò to do
  2. 用 yòng to use

这种药对感冒很有作用。 This medicine is very effective for colds.

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How do you say role in Chinese?

Role in Chinese is 作用 (zuò yòng). You can also say 角色 (jué sè), 角 (jué).

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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