做证 (zuò zhèng) — to testify, to give evidence (in court or legal… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

做证 means 'to testify' in court — a person giving evidence. Compare 证明 (prove a fact, or a document) and 见证 (witness as observer; historical testimony).

verb

to testifyto give evidence (in court or legal context)

Examples

做证。
Zhèng rén yuàn yì chū tíng zuò zhèng.
The witness is willing to testify in court.
做证。
Tā de zuò zhèng bāng zhù fǎ guān zuò chū le gōng píng de pàn jué.
His testimony helped the judge make a fair verdict.
，做证。
Méi yǒu zhèng jù, guāng kào yí gè rén zuò zhèng shì bú gòu de.
Without evidence, relying on just one person's testimony is not enough.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

做zuògive/produce

证zhèngtestimony

“做” (give/produce) and “证” (testimony) combine to mean give testimony.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 證; 证 is its simplified writing.

言登證

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

登

登dēng證zhèng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 證 pairs 言, a words/speech part, with 登 as a sound clue; the simplified 证 is a later shorthand.

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