zuo

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See also: Zuo, zuó, zuò, zuō, zuǒ, and zu'o

Farefare

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /zúó/

Noun

zuo

  1. Variant of zuugo (head)

Mandarin

Romanization

zuo (zuo5zuo0, Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄨㄛ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

zuo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zuō.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zuó.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zuǒ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of zuò.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Adverb

zuo

  1. so

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German zuo, from Proto-Germanic *tō.

Preposition

zuo (+ dative)

  1. to

Descendants

  • Cimbrian: zo
  • East Central German: zu
  • German: zu
  • Luxembourgish: zou, zu
  • Vilamovian: cy
  • Yiddish: צו (tsu)

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “zuo”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tō, whence also Old English .

Preposition

zuo (+ dative)

  1. to

Descendants

  • Middle High German: zuo
    • Cimbrian: zo
    • East Central German: zu
    • German: zu
    • Luxembourgish: zou, zu
    • Vilamovian: cy
    • Yiddish: צו (tsu)

Volapük

Etymology

zu +‎ -o

Adverb

zuo

  1. (conjunctive) in addition