做饭
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
做饭 (zuòfàn) · to cook
做饭 (zuòfàn) means “to cook; to make a meal”. It is written with 2 characters: 做 (to do) + 饭 (meal). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 做饭 is built
The characters
做 zuò · to do
What 做 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 故gù — reason
- 古gǔ — old
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 古gǔ — old
Origin hint: Someone 亻 who causes things to happen 故; 故 also provides the pronuncation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
饭 fàn · meal
What 饭 is made of
- 饣shí — food
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 反fǎn — reverse
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: 饣 gives the meaning, 反 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
妈妈在做饭。Māma zài zuò fàn.Mom is cooking.
你会做饭吗？Nǐ huì zuò fàn ma?Can you cook?
Questions about 做饭
What does 做饭 mean?
做饭 (zuòfàn) means “to cook; to make a meal”.
How do you pronounce 做饭?
做饭 is pronounced zuòfàn.
Which HSK level is 做饭?
做饭 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 做到zuòdàoto achieve
- 做法zuòfǎmethod
- 做客zuòkèto be a guest
- 做梦zuòmèngto dream
- 做主zuòzhǔto make the decisions
- 做zuòto do
- 吃饭chīfànto eat a meal
- 饭店fàndiànrestaurant
- 米饭mǐfàncooked rice
- 晚饭wǎnfàndinner
Learn 做饭 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 70: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.