zuò jiā
écrivain
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我很喜欢这位作家的作品。
wǒ hěn xǐhuān zhè wèi zuòjiā de zuòpǐn.
I really like this writer's works.
这位作家很有名。
zhè wèi zuòjiā hěn yǒumíng.
This writer is very famous.
我想成为一名作家。
wǒ xiǎng chéngwéi yī míng zuòjiā.
I want to become a writer.
写手 (xiěshǒu)
writer
作者 (zuòzhě)
author
读者 (dú zhě)
reader
评论家 (píng lùn jiā)
critic
The Chinese word 作家 (zuòjiā) for "writer" is composed of two characters: 作 (zuò) and 家 (jiā). The character 作 originally meant "to do" or "to make", and was often used in the sense of "to create" or "to compose". The character 家 originally meant "house" or "family", but was also used in the sense of "expert" or "master". When combined, the two characters 作家 literally mean "one who creates a family", or more figuratively, "one who creates a body of work". This meaning is in line with the modern understanding of a writer as someone who creates literary works.
