HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Hobbies, Sport

做客 zuòkè “to be a guest” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 做客 means

  1. to be a guest
  2. to visit (someone’s home)
  3. to be a guest or visitor

How to say 做客

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale做zuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale客kè4th tone, falling

做客 in a sentence

  1. 她常来我这做客。

    Tā cháng lái wǒ zhè zuòkè.

    She often comes over to my place.

    Sentence #4265151 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 做客 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 做 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
做zuòto make; to produce
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 故reason · gù

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 故 (gù) for the sound: to do, to make.

The character 客 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
客kècustomer; visitor; guest
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 各individual · gè

Memory aidSomeone 各 welcomed under your roof 宀: a guest.

How to write 做客

做 11 strokes · 客 9 strokes

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做客 (zuòkè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 做客 (zuòkè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 做客

Words with 做

做zuò · to do做饭zuòfàn · to prepare a meal做到zuòdào · to accomplish做主zuòzhǔ · to make the decision

Words with 客

不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome客人kèrén · guest游客yóukè · tourist请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)顾客gùkè · customer好客hàokè · hospitable客观kèguān · objective客户kèhù · client

More words: Hobbies, Sport & Leisure

兴趣xìngqù · interest运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete晚会wǎnhuì · evening party得分défēn · to score (points)过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet

FAQs

做客 (zuòkè) means “to be a guest” or “to visit (someone’s home)”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it zuòkè: zuò with a 4th tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 做客 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuoke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 做客 from the suggestions. Typing zuoke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
做客 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.