作者 zuòzhě author
author; writer
How to remember 作者: 作 do + 者 specialist = author.
Characters
How it is used
- The author of a specific work - 这本书的作者 (zhè běn shū de zuòzhě) the author of this book.
- 作 (make/write) + 者 (the one who); it's whoever wrote a given text.
- Contrast 作家 (zuòjiā), a professional writer as a career; 作者 is simply the writer of a particular piece, of any kind.
Example sentences
- 他是这本书的作者。 Tā shì zhè běn shū de zuòzhě.He's the author of this book.
- 这本小说的作者是谁？ Zhèběn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě shì shuí?Who's the author of this story?
- 这些诗的作者是谁？ Zhèxiē shī de zuòzhě shì shuí?Who wrote these poems?