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作家

作家

Chinese

 
to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make
 
home; family; -ist; -er; -ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad.
(作家) 		作 家

Noun

作家

  1. author; writer
    她是我最喜歡的作家，沒有之一。 [MSC, trad.]
    她是我最喜欢的作家，没有之一。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì wǒ zuì xǐhuān de zuòjiā, méiyǒu zhīyī. [Pinyin]
    She is my number-one favourite author.

Usage notes

While writer and author can both be translated as 作家 (zuòjiā) or 作者 (zuòzhě) depending on the context, the former term can only refer to a writer who is relatively well-established, while the latter term can refer to any person who writes a text. 著者 (zhùzhě) shares the same meaning as 作者 (zuòzhě). 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě) is usually used self-reflexively.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
作 家
さく > さっ
Grade: 2 		か
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

作家 ‎(hiragana さっか, romaji sakka)

  1. writer
  2. artist, potter

Derived terms

  • 映画作家
  • 閨秀作家
  • 劇作家
  • 新進作家
  • 女流作家
  • 創作家
  • 著作家
  • 童話作家
  • 人気作家
  • 流行作家

See also

References

  • 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198601972

Korean

Hanja in this term
作 家

Noun

作家 • ‎(jakga) ‎(hangeul 작가)

  1. Hanja form? of 작가, “artist; writer”.

Pronunciation

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