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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zok³ gaa¹
Category:Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation#人05宀07

(Taishan, Wiktionary): dok² ga^1*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chok-kâ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chok-ka / chok-kee

(Teochew, Peng'im): zag⁴ gê¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjia
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: dzwò-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjia
  - Palladius: цзоцзя (czoczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ gaa¹
  - Yale: jok gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zog³ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dok² ga^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔk̚⁵⁵ ka³³⁻³³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: zog^ˋ ga^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² ka²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-ka
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zokkaf
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-kee
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-kee
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kɛ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zag⁴ gê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak ke
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sak̚²⁻⁴ ke³³/

Middle Chinese: tsuH|tsaH|tsak kae

Rime
Character	作	作	作	家
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)	精 (13)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	歌 (94)	鐸 (103)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	II
Fanqie	臧祚切	則箇切	則落切	古牙切
Baxter	tsuH	tsaH	tsak	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suo^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suo^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡so^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɔ^H/	/t͡sa^H/	/t͡sak̚/	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡so^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/ka/
Wang Li	/t͡su^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/ka/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suo^H/	/t͡sɑ^H/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zù	zuò	zuo	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou³	zo³	zok³	gaa¹

Noun

作家Category:Chinese lemmas#人05宀07 Category:Chinese nouns#人05宀07 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人05宀07 Category:Pages with entries#作家 Category:Pages with 3 entries#作家

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.
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(archaic Category:Chinese terms with archaic senses#人05宀07) connoisseur

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.