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Jyutping zou6 wai4
Pinyin zuò wéi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to act as
  2. used erroneously for 作為|作为
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我家院子和邻居家院子之间有一道篱笆做为分界线。.
    我家院子和鄰居家院子之間有一道籬笆做為分界線。.
    wǒ jiā yuàn zi hé lín jū jiā yuàn zi zhī jiān yǒu yī dào lí ba zuò wéi fēn jiè xiàn 。.
    • There is a fence marking the boundary between our yard and the neighbor's.
  2. Mandarin
    在过去一个相当长的时期里,社会都是等级制度森严并且极度不公的,做为社会阶级中最大一部分的贫农常常被赋税,战争,饥荒压得喘不过气来,痛苦不堪。
    在過去一個相當長的時期裏,社會都是等級制度森嚴並且極度不公的,做為社會階級中最大一部分的貧農常常被賦税,戰爭,饑荒壓得喘不過氣來,痛苦不堪。
    zài guò qù yí gè xiāng dāng zhǎng de shí qī lǐ , shè huì dōu shì děng jí zhì dù sēn yán bìng qiě jí dù bù gōng de , zuò wéi shè huì jiē jí zhōng zuì dà yī bù fen de pín nóng cháng cháng bèi fù shuì , zhàn zhēng , jī huāng yā dé chuǎn bu guò qì lái , tòng kǔ bù kān 。
    • For a long time, society was strongly hierarchical and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished segment of the population, they were crushed by the weight of taxes, wars, and famines.
  3. Mandarin
    选择合适的卫星图做为底图
    選擇合適的衞星圖做為底圖
    xuǎn zé hé shì de wèi xīng tú zuò wéi dǐ tú
    • Choose a suitable satellite image as the base map
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    噉样做为咗揾佢出嚟。
    噉樣做為咗搵佢出嚟。
    gam2 joeng6 zou6 wai4 zo2 wan2 keoi5 ceot1 lai4 。
    • This way is to find him out.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    父母一直都希望佢娶个好老婆,搞一场豪门夜宴,就算系基 嘅都叫做为佢地家族做咗场好戏。
    父母一直都希望佢娶個好老婆,搞一場豪門夜宴,就算係基 嘅都叫做為佢地家族做咗場好戲。
    yue:父母一直都希望佢娶個好老婆,搞一場豪門夜宴,就算係基 嘅都叫做為佢地家族做咗場好戲。
    • His parents always wanted him to marry a good wife, have a grand banquet, despite the fact that he is gay but he could still maintain a good reputation for the clan.