# 作者
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zuòzhě
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zok$^3$ ze$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chok-chá
    (Hailu, HRS): zog zha$^ˊ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zorh$^6$ zia$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chok-chiá
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zag$^4$ zia$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuòzhě
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjhě
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^4$-chê$^3$
*** Yale: dzwò-jě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjee
*** Palladius: цзочжэ (czočžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zok$^3$ ze$^2$
*** Yale: jok jé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzok$^8$ dze$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zog$^3$ zé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sɛː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-chá
*** Hakka Romanization System: zog$^ˋ$ za$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zog$^5$ za$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² t͡sa³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zog zha$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sok⁵⁻² t͡ʃa²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zorh$^6$ zia$^3$ [Phonetic: zorh$^7$ zia$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: co̤h-ciâ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɒʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡sia⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zorh$^6$ zia$^3$ [Phonetic: zorh$^7$ zia$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɒʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡sia³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-chiá
*** Tâi-lô: tsok-tsiá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zokciar
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zag$^4$ zia$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak tsiá
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sak̚²⁻⁴ t͡sia⁵²⁻²¹/

### Noun

作者
* author; writer
    作者不明的故事 ― zuòzhě bùmíng de gùshì ― a story of unknown authorship
       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.
       Zuòzhě shuǐpíng yǒuxiàn, rú yǒu cuòlòu, wàng dàjiā zhǐzhèng. [Pinyin]
       The author's ability has its limits; feedback regarding errors and omissions is welcome.
* (archaic) creator; founder
* (archaic) builder; constructor

#### 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

* (author; writer): 著者 (zhùzhě)

#### Derived terms

* 性工作者 (xìnggōngzuòzhě)

#### See also

* 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě)
* 作家 (zuòjiā)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 作 | 者 |
| さく Grade: 2 | しゃ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 作者 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) さくしゃ [sáꜜkùshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) さくしゃ [sàkúshá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sa̠kɯ̟̊ɕa̠]

### Noun

作(さく)者(しゃ) • (sakusha)
* the creator of a work, such as an author, writer, poet, or artist
** 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうしち)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, 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(ひと)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
       Look at that beautiful starry sky
       Sō ne
       It is, isn’t it?
       A nagareboshi
       Ah, a shooting star
       Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
       What’d you wish for?
       ——Un kono shīn ga hito-koma demo nagaku tsuzukimasu yō nitte
       —Umm, I wished I could drag this scene forever
       ……Sakusha omoi da ne
       …Typical author’s wish, huh?

#### Synonyms

* 著(ちょ)者(しゃ) (chosha, “author of a book”)

#### Derived terms

* 戯(げ)作(さく)者(しゃ) (gesakusha)
* 原(げん)作(さく)者(しゃ) (gensakusha)
* 創(そう)作(さく)者(しゃ) (sōsakusha)
* 著(ちょ)作(さく)者(しゃ) (chosakusha)

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 作者 (zuòzhě)
* → Korean: 작자 (jakja)
* → Vietnamese: tác giả

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 作 | 者 |

### Noun

作者 • (jakja) (hangeul 작자)
* hanja form of 작자 (“author”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 作 | 者 |

### Noun

作者
* chữ Hán form of tác giả (“author”).