作者

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad. (作者)		作	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ ze²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chok-chá

  (Hailu, HRS): zog zha^ˊ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zorh⁶ zia³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chok-chiá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zag⁴ zia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjhě
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-chê³
    • Yale: dzwò-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjee
    • Palladius: цзочжэ (czočžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ ze²
    • Yale: jok jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-chá
    • Hakka Romanization System: zog^ˋ za^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵ za³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² t͡sa³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zog zha^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sok⁵⁻² t͡ʃa²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zorh⁶ zia³ [Phonetic: zorh⁷ zia³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: co̤h-ciâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡sia⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zorh⁶ zia³ [Phonetic: zorh⁷ zia³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sia³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zokciar
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sia⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zag⁴ zia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak tsiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sak̚²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

作者

1. author; writer

   作者不明的故事  ―  zuòzhě bùmíng de gùshì  ―  a story of unknown authorship

   我從來沒有想到他是那本小說的作者。 [MSC, trad.]
   我从来没有想到他是那本小说的作者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu xiǎngdào tā shì nà běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě. [Pinyin]

   It never occurred to me that he was the author of that novel.

   作者水平有限，如有錯漏，望大家指正。 [MSC, trad.]
   作者水平有限，如有错漏，望大家指正。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòzhě shuǐpíng yǒuxiàn, rú yǒu cuòlòu, wàng dàjiā zhǐzhèng. [Pinyin]

   The author's ability has its limits; feedback regarding errors and omissions is welcome.

2. (archaic) creator; founder
3. (archaic) builder; constructor

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.

Synonyms

• (author; writer): 著者 (zhùzhě)

Derived terms

• 性工作者 (xìnggōngzuòzhě)

See also

• 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě)
• 作家 (zuòjiā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
作	者
さく Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
作者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さくしゃ [sáꜜkùshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) さくしゃ [sàkúshá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟̊ɕa̠]

Noun

作(さく)者(しゃ) • (sakusha) 

1. the creator of a work, such as an author, writer, poet, or artist
   • 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうしち)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:

     きれいな星(ほし)空(ぞら)だね

     Kirei na hoshizora da ne

     Look at that beautiful starry sky

     そうね

     Sō ne

     It is, isn’t it?

     あ　流(なが)れ星(ぼし)

     A nagareboshi

     Ah, a shooting star

     何(なに)か　願(ねが)い事(ごと)した？

     Nani ka Negaigoto shita?

     What’d you wish for?

     ——うん　このシーンが１(ひと)コマでも長(なが)く続(つづ)きますようにって

     ——Un kono shīn ga hito-koma demo nagaku tsuzukimasu yō nitte

     —Umm, I wished I could drag this scene forever

     ……作(さく)者(しゃ)思(おも)いだね

     ……Sakusha omoi da ne

     …Typical author’s wish, huh?

Synonyms

• 著(ちょ)者(しゃ) (chosha, “author of a book”)

Derived terms

• 戯(げ)作(さく)者(しゃ) (gesakusha)
• 原(げん)作(さく)者(しゃ) (gensakusha)
• 創(そう)作(さく)者(しゃ) (sōsakusha)
• 著(ちょ)作(さく)者(しゃ) (chosakusha)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 作者 (zuòzhě)
• → Korean: 작자 (jakja)
• → Vietnamese: tác giả

Korean

Hanja in this term
作	者

Noun

作者 • (jakja) (hangeul 작자)

1. hanja form^? of 작자 (“author”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
作	者

Noun

作者

1. chữ Hán form of tác giả (“author”)