Chinese word dictionary

作家

zuòjiā · author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Practice word

Word information

Simplified作家

Traditional作家

Pinyinzuòjiā

Part of speech名

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

作zuò

to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform

家jiā

home; family

How to learn 作家

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

大家dàjiā

everyone; influential family; great expert

工作gōngzuò

to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]

家jiā

home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]; used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]

家人jiārén

family member; (old) servant

作为zuò wéi

one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement

搬家bānjiā

to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)