“做”和“作”本来是一个字。古代只有“作”字,是个入声字。后来在说话中变成去声,可是读书音还是入声,就有人造出一个“做”字来代表说话的去声字音。“做”也不短,宋朝已经有了。这种“文白异读”的现象,现在许多方言里都很 “Do” and “make” was originally a word. Only the ancient “make” word, is a phonetic word. Later, it became a deafening voice, but the pronunciation of books was still heard. Someone made a “do” to represent the voice of a deafening voice. “Do” is not short, Song Dynasty already has. This phenomenon of “different languages ​​and different languages” is now commonplace in many dialects