zuo

IPA^(key): /zúó/

zuo

1. Variant of zuugo (“head”)

zuo (zuo⁵／zuo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄨㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咗

zuo

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

• 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.

zuo

1. so

• ze, zů

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

zuo (+ dative)

1. to

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

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

• za
• zi

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

zuo (+ dative)

1. to
   • ca. 825 ,Tatian, Diatessaron, translation, Chapter 3,

     Quad thō Maria zi themo engile...

     Then Marie said to the angel...

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

zu +‎ -o

zuo

1. (conjunctive) in addition