造作
zou6 zok3zào zuozào zuò
English
- affected
- affected; pretentious
- artificial
- to make
- to manufacture
- (of behaviour, facial expression, tone, manner, etc) affected; artificial, unnatural; mimic
粵語 — Cantonese
- (行為、表情、聲調、舉止等)假;生硬;唔自然
Examples
呢齣話劇嘅女主角動作表情都太造作,唔夠自然。
The gestures and facial expressions of the leading actress in this drama are too artificial. They're not natural enough.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk