作为
zuò wéiㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: TÁC VI
Traditional: 作為
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 4
Meaning(preposition, verb)
one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
Usually means 'as (in the capacity of)'.
Examples
作为学生,你应该好好学习。
zuò wéi xué shēng, nǐ yīng gāi hǎo hào xué xí.
As a student, you should study hard.
我把这本书作为礼物送给她。
wǒ bǎ zhè běn shū zuò wéi lǐ wù sòng gěi tā.
I gave her this book as a gift.
作为经理,他要对团队负责。
zuò wéi jīng lǐ, tā yào duì tuán duì fù zé.
As manager, he's responsible for the team.
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Stroke order
TÁC · 7 strokes
worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
VỊ · 4 strokes
as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
Related words
- 工作 gōng zuò — to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
- 作用 zuò yòng — to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition
- 作业 zuò yè — school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate
- 动作 dòng zuò — movement; motion; action; to act; to move
- 作者 zuò zhě — author; writer
- 合作 hé zuò — to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation
- 作品 zuò pǐn — work (of art); opus
- 制作 zhì zuò — to make; to manufacture