動作

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

動作

  1. (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!
    Stop what you are doing or we'll open fire!

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

動作

  1. (of part of one's body) to move

Adjective

動作

  1. (film genre) action

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (動作):

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

動(どう)作(さ) • (dōsa) 

  1. movement of the body
  2. gesture
  3. 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))

  1. move
  2. make a gesture
  3. 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
動作

Noun

動作 • (dongjak) (hangeul 동작)

  1. Hanja form? of 동작 (“movement”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動作

Noun

動作

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