作 zuò
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
作客
zuòkè
to be a guest
Characters in this word
客 kè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 各 individual
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他这次作客访谈节目，并没有回避外界最关心的争议问题。 Tā zhè cì zuòkè fǎngtán jiémù, bìng méiyǒu huíbì wàijiè zuì guānxīn de zhēngyì wèntí. As a guest on the interview programme this time, he did not avoid the controversial issues the outside world cared about most.
- 我周末要去朋友家作客，顺便带上一点水果。 Wǒ zhōumò yào qù péngyou jiā zuòkè, shùnbiàn dài shàng yīdiǎn shuǐguǒ. This weekend I am going to be a guest at a friend's house and will bring some fruit along.
- 她第一次到外国作客，对那里的礼节特别小心。 Tā dì yī cì dào wàiguó zuòkè, duì nàlǐ de lǐjié tèbié xiǎoxīn. It was her first time being a guest abroad, so she was very careful about local etiquette.
Related words
- 动作 dòngzuò movement, action
- 工作 gōngzuò to work; work, job
- 叫作 jiàozuò to be called
- 作家 zuòjiā writer
- 作文 zuòwén composition
- 作业 zuòyè homework
- 作用 zuòyòng role; effect
- 创作 chuàngzuò to create art; creative work
- 合作 hézuò to cooperate
- 写作 xiězuò writing; to write
- 制作 zhìzuò to make; to create
- 作品 zuòpǐn creative work