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作者

zuò zhě

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

作者 (zuò zhě) means "author/writer". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 作者 means

1. author; writer

The characters in 作者

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er

Example sentences

• 他是作者。
  He writes books.
• 作者是巴西人。
  The author is Brazilian.
• 许多工作者饿死了。
  Xǔduō gōngzuòzhě èsǐ le.
  Many workers starved to death.
• 这本书的作者是谁?
  Zhè běn shū de zuòzhě shì shéi?
  Who is the author of this book?
• 不知作者在说什幺。
  It is not clear what the writer is trying to say.
• 这些诗的作者是谁？
  Who wrote these poems?

Words starting with 作者

• 作者权zuò zhě quáncopyright
• 作者不详zuò zhě bù xiángauthor unknown
• 作者未详zuò zhě wèi xiángauthor unspecified

Words containing 作者

• 工作者gōng zuò zhěworker
• 教育工作者jiào yù gōng zuò zhěeducator
• 创作者chuàng zuò zhěcreator; author
• 合作者hé zuò zhěco-worker; collaborator; also collaborator with the enemy
• 新闻工作者xīn wén gōng zuò zhějournalist
• 制作者zhì zuò zhěproducer; maker; creator
• 性工作者xìng gōng zuò zhěsex worker
• 社会工作者shè huì gōng zuò zhěsocial worker
• 义务工作者yì wù gōng zuò zhěvolunteer; voluntary worker
• 科技工作者kē jì gōng zuò zhěworker in science and technology
• 操作者cāo zuò zhěoperator
• 通讯作者tōng xùn zuò zhěcorresponding author (of an academic paper)
• 第一作者dì yī zuò zhěfirst author (of an academic paper)

Where 作者 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Professions & roles (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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