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
さく Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さ​くしゃ [sáꜜkùshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) さくしゃ [sàkúshá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɕa̠]

Noun

作者 (hiragana さくしゃ, rōmaji sakusha)

1. the creator of a work, such as an author, writer, poet, or artist
   • 1993 November 25, Adachi, Mitsuru, “第だい27話わ　直なお人との想おもい [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in スローステップSLOW STEP [SLOW STEP], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), 11th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-132523-8, page 74:

     きれいな星ほし空ぞらだね
     そうね
     あ　流ながれ星ぼし
     何なにか　願ねがい事ごとした？
     ——うん　このシーンが１コマでも長ながく続つづきますようにって
     ……作さく者しゃ思おもいだね

     Kirei na hoshizora da ne
     Sō ne
     A nagareboshi
     Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
     ——Un kono shīn ga hito-koma demo nagaku tsuzukimasu yō nitte
     ……Sakusha omoi da ne

     Look at that beautiful starry sky
     It is, isn’t it?
     Ah, a shooting star
     What’d you wish for?
     ——Umm, I wish I could drag this scene forever
     ……Typical author’s wish, huh?

Synonyms

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

Compounds

• 戯作者 (げさくしゃ) (gesakusha)
• 原作者 (げんさくしゃ) (gensakusha)
• 創作者 (そうさくしゃ) (sōsakusha)
• 著作者 (ちょさくしゃ) (chosakusha)

References

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