HSK 4 · Family

作者 zuòzhě “author” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 作者 means

  1. author
  2. writer

How to say 作者

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale作zuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale者zhě3rd tone, dipping

作者 in a sentence

  1. 这本小说的作者是谁？

    Zhè běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě shì shéi?

    Who’s the author of this novel?

    Sentence #811007 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我对这位作者的名字很熟悉。

    Wǒ duì zhè wèi zuòzhě de míngzi hěn shúxī.

    I’m familiar with this author’s name.

    Sentence #918551 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我不理解作者在这儿有什么用意。

    Wǒ bù lǐjiě zuòzhě zài zhèr yǒu shénme yòngyì.

    I don’t understand what the author means here.

    Sentence #10596618 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 作者 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 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.

The character 者 (zhě) with each of its parts in a different colour
者zhěone who …
  • 耂old form of 老 · lǎo
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 作者

作 7 strokes · 者 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 作者

Words with 作

工作gōngzuò · to work作业zuòyè · school assignment工作日gōngzuòrì · working day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合作hézuò · to cooperate

Words with 者

或者huòzhě · or者zhě · (suffix) person who …记者jìzhě · reporter志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer患者huànzhě · patient

More words: People, Body & Health

亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)孙子sūnzi · grandson小伙子xiǎohuǒzi · young man友谊yǒuyì · companionship肚子dùzi · belly胳膊gēbo · arm咳嗽késou · to cough汗hàn · perspiration

FAQs

作者 (zuòzhě) means “author” or “writer”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zuòzhě: zuò with a 4th tone, then zhě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 作者 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuozhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 作者 from the suggestions. Typing zuozhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
作者 is an HSK 4 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.