作为

Character by character

• 作zuò7 strokesHSK 1make; work; compose, write; act, perform
• 为wèi4 strokesHSK 2 traditional 為do, handle, govern, act; be

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 作为. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 为wèiHSK 2

  because of; for; to

• 因为yīn wèiHSK 2

  because; owing to; on account of

• 工作gōng zuòHSK 1

  to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task

• 认为rèn wéiHSK 2

  to believe; to think; to consider; to feel

• 为了wèi leHSK 3

  for; for the purpose of; in order to

• 成为chéng wéiHSK 2

  to become; to turn into

• 为什么wèi shén meHSK 2

  why?; for what reason?

• 作zuòHSK 6

  to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works

• 以为yǐ wéiHSK 2

  to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

• 合作hé zuòHSK 3

  to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation

• 行为xíng wéiHSK 2

  action; conduct; behavior; activity

• 作用zuò yòngHSK 2

  to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition

• 作品zuò pǐnHSK 3

  work (of art); opus

• 动作dòng zuòHSK 1

  movement; motion; action; to act; to move

• 制作zhì zuòHSK 3

  to make; to manufacture

• 为何wèi héHSK 6

  why

• 为止wéi zhǐHSK 5

  until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止)

• 作业zuò yèHSK 2

  school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate

• 操作cāo zuòHSK 4

  to work; to operate; to manipulate

• 为此wèi cǐHSK 6

  for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end

• 作者zuò zhěHSK 3

  author; writer

• 称为chēng wéiHSK 3

  to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."

• 作家zuò jiāHSK 2

  author

• 作出zuò chūHSK 4

  to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract