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作为

zuò wéi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 作為

作为 (zuò wéi) means "as (in the role of); conduct/deeds". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 作为 means

1. one's conduct
2. deed
3. activity
4. accomplishment
5. achievement
6. to act as
7. as (in the capacity of)
8. qua
9. to view as
10. to look upon (sth as)
11. to take sth to be

The characters in 作为

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as

Example sentences

• 您做什么工作为生？
  Nín zuò shénme gōngzuò wéishēng?
  What do you do for a living?
• 他以他的工作为傲。
  He takes pride in his work.

Words containing 作为

• 有所作为yǒu suǒ zuò wéi(idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile; to make a positive contribution
• 无所作为wú suǒ zuò wéiattempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive…
• 不作为bù zuò wéinonfeasance; omission (law)
• 大有作为dà yǒu zuò wéito accomplish much; to have good prospects; to have a promising future

Sounds the same

Read zuò wéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 做为to act as; used erroneously for 作为

Where 作为 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Action, Behavior & Conduct (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zuò wéi correctly.
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