HSK 6 · Media

著作 zhùzuò “written work” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 著作 means

  1. written work
  2. book
  3. writings
  4. to write
  5. literary work
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • article

Measure word 部 bù · 一部著作 yí bù zhùzuò

How to say 著作

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale著zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale作zuò4th tone, falling

著作 in a sentence

  1. 那位是一个著作等身的教授。

    Nà wèi shì yí ge zhùzuò děngshēn de jiàoshòu.

    That professor has published a huge body of work.

    Sentence #1324833 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 著作 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 著 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
著zhùto make known
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

The character 作 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
作zuòto do; to engage in
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 乍first time · zhà

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 乍 (zhà) for the sound: to make, to do.

How to write 著作

著 11 strokes · 作 7 strokes

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著作 (zhùzuò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 著作 (zhùzuò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 著作

Words with 著

著名zhùmíng · famous显著xiǎnzhù · notable

Words with 作

工作gōngzuò · to work作业zuòyè · school assignment工作日gōngzuòrì · working day作者zuòzhě · author作家zuòjiā · writer动作dòngzuò · movement作用zuòyòng · effect制作zhìzuò · to make写作xiězuò · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay

More words: Media & Arts

报社bàoshè · newspaper office播放bōfàng · to broadcast博物馆bówùguǎn · museum采访cǎifǎng · to interview杂技zájì · acrobatics造型zàoxíng · shape直播zhíbō · live broadcast传记zhuànjì · biography

FAQs

著作 (zhùzuò) means “written work” or “book”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhùzuò: zhù with a 4th tone, then zuò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 著作 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 部 (bù). For example, one written work is 一部著作 (yí bù zhùzuò).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuzuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 著作 from the suggestions. Typing zhuzuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
著作 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.