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作家

zuò jiā

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个、位

作家 (zuò jiā) means "author". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 作家 means

1. author

The characters in 作家

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 家jiāused in 家伙

Example sentences

• 他是作家。
  He's an author.
• 作家很有幽默感。
  The writer is very humorous.
• 他是位出色的作家。
  He is a good writer.

Words containing 作家

• 剧作家jù zuò jiāplaywright
• 中国作家协会Zhōng guó Zuò jiā Xié huìChina Writers Association (CWA)
• 中国左翼作家联盟Zhōng guó Zuǒ yì Zuò jiā Lián méngthe League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930

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