做人

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (做人)		做	人
alternative forms		作人做儂／做侬 Min
Literally: “to be a (proper) person; (Min) to perform/work (with) other people”.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòrén

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou⁶ jan⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): du¹ ngin³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo⁴ nang²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-lâng / chò-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòrén
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-jên²
  - Yale: dzwò-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohren
  - Palladius: цзожэнь (czožɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: jouh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² jɐn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: du¹ ngin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³ ᵑɡin²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁴ nang²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁴² naŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁴ nang² [Phonetic: zo¹ nang²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ naŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoealaang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsò-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoirlaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

Verb

做人

to behave properly; to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity
做人的規範／做人的规范 ― zuòrén de guīfàn ― standards of ethical conduct

做人的價值／做人的价值 ― zuòrén de jiàzhí ― the value of behaving with integrity

做人不要這麼貪心。 [MSC, trad.]
做人不要这么贪心。 [MSC, simp.]
Zuòrén bùyào zhème tānxīn. [Pinyin]
Don't be so greedy in life.

做人別老佔便宜。 [MSC, trad.]
做人别老占便宜。 [MSC, simp.]
Zuòrén bié lǎo zhàn piányi. [Pinyin]
Don't always seek to profit at other people's expense.

活得精不精彩，在於你會不會做人。 [MSC, trad.]
活得精不精彩，在于你会不会做人。 [MSC, simp.]
Huó de jīng bù jīngcǎi, zàiyú nǐ huì bù huì zuòrén. [Pinyin]
Whether you can live an amazing life or not depends on whether you can conduct yourself with integrity.

Derived terms

重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)

See also

處事／处事 (chǔshì)
待人 (dàirén)

Pronunciation 2

		to do; to make; to produce	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (做人)		做	人
alternative forms		做儂／做侬
Literally: “to be a person; to perform/work/be (with) other people”.

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe--lâng / chò--lâng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe--lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè--lâng
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò--lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsò--lâng

Verb

做人

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, of a woman) to be engaged; to be bethrothed
阮查某囝舊年做人囉。 [Hokkien, trad.]
阮查某囝旧年做人啰。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Gún cha-bó͘-kiáⁿ kū-nî chòe--lâng--lo͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Our daughter got engaged last year already.

Synonyms

許婚／许婚 (xǔhūn)
許配／许配 (xǔpèi)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “做侬”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 595.

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