做人

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (做人)		做	人
alternative forms		作人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòrén

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ jan⁴
Min Nan (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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoealaang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - 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。／做人别老占便宜。 ― Zuòrén bié lǎo zhàn piányi. ― 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)

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