Sentence #8685550 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 作业 is built
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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.
业yèline of business
业 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
How to write 作业
作 7 strokes · 业 5 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 作业 (zuòyè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
作业 (zuòyè) means “school assignment” or “homework”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it zuòyè: zuò with a 4th tone, then yè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 作业 is written 作業. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one school assignment is 一个作业 (yí ge zuòyè).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuoye with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 作业 from the suggestions. Typing zuoye into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
作业 is an HSK 3 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.
作zuò4th tone, falling
