作者

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	-ist, -er (person); person (who does sth)
simp. and trad. (作者)		作	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ ze²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chok-chá
• Min Nan (POJ): chok-chiá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuòzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjee
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ ze²
    • Yale: jok jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ zé²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-chá
    • Hakka Romanization System: zog` za`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵ za³
    • IPA: /t͡sok̚² t͡sa³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zokciar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕia⁴¹/

Noun

作者

1. author; writer

   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.

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

• 著者 (zhùzhě)

See also

• 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě)
• 作家 (zuòjiā)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
作	者
Grade: 2	Grade: 3

Noun

作者 (hiragana さくしゃ, rōmaji sakusha)

1. the creator of a work, such as an author, writer, poet, or artist

Synonyms

• 著者 (ちょしゃ, chosha) (author of a book)

Compounds

• 戯作者
• 原作者
• 創作者
• 著作者
• 伝記作者
• 作者不知
• 作者未詳

References

• The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2