作家

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

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zok³ gaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dok² ga^1*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chok-kâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chok-ka / chok-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zag⁴ gê¹

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• 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
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-kee
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zag⁴ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sak̚²⁻⁴ ke³³/

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• 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	/t͡suoH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suoH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡soH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɔH/	/t͡saH/	/t͡sak̚/	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡soH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/ka/
Wang Li	/t͡suH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/ka/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suoH/	/t͡sɑH/	/t͡sɑk̚/	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zù	zuò	zuo	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou3	zo3	zok3	gaa1

Noun

作家

1. 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.

2. (archaic) 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.

Synonyms

• (writer): (Dungan) 寫家／写家

Derived terms

• 作協 / 作协 (zuòxié)

See also

• 著者 (zhùzhě)
• 作者 (zuòzhě)
• 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě)

Verb

作家

1. (archaic) to do housework
2. (archaic) to be frugal

Japanese

Kanji in this term
作	家
さく > さっ Grade: 2	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さっか [sàkká] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠k̚ka̠]

Noun

作(さっ)家(か) • (sakka) 

1. writer
2. artist, potter

Derived terms

• 映画作家
• 閨秀作家
• 劇作家
• 新進作家
• 女流作家
• 創作家
• 著作家
• 童話作家
• 人気作家
• 流行作家

See also

• 著者(ちょしゃ) (chosha)
• 筆者(ひっしゃ) (hissha)

Korean

Hanja in this term
作	家

Noun

作家 • (jakga) (hangeul 작가)

1. hanja form^? of 작가 (“artist; writer”)