作家

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

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.

• (writer): (Dungan) 寫家／写家

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

作家

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

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

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

作(さっ)家(か) • (sakka) 

1. writer
2. artist, potter

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

作家 • (jakga) (hangeul 작가)

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