作者
zuò zhěㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ
Sino-Vietnamese: TÁC GIẢ
Traditional: 作者
HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3
Meaning(noun)
author; writer
Examples
这本书的作者是谁?
zhè běn shū de zuò zhě shì shuí?
Who's the author of this book?
作者在书里写了自己的童年。
zuò zhě zài shū lǐ xiě le zì jǐ de tóng nián.
The author writes about her childhood in the book.
这篇文章的作者是一个学生。
zhè piān wén zhāng de zuò zhě shì yí gè xué shēng.
The author of this article is a student.
Easily confused
- 作家 — 作者 is the author of a specific work; 作家 is a writer by profession.
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Stroke order
TÁC · 7 strokes
worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
GIẢ · 8 strokes
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to ma
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
- 作为 zuò wéi — 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
- 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