HSK Quiz: Zuò (做) or Zuò (作)

Analysis:

1. Zhì zuò yī fu shì hěn fù zá de yí jiàn shì.
1. 制   作 衣 服 是   很  复 杂 的 一 件  事。
Making clothes is a complicated business.

“Zhì zuò (制作)” is a set phrase in the sentence. “zhì zuò (制作)” and “zuò (做)” mean the same in Chinese: make.

2. Zuò yī fu shì hěn fù zá de yí jiàn shì.
2. 做  衣 服 是   很  复 杂 的 一 件  事。
Making clothes is a complicated business.

“Zuò (做)” means “make” in the sentence.

3. Jīn tiān méi yǒu zhōnɡ wén zuò yè.
3. 今   天   没    有     中     文    作  业。
Today I don’t have Chinese homework to do.

“Zuò yè (作业)” is a set phrase, which means “homework”. So “zuò (作)” is the right answer.