作
客

To live somewhere as a visitor in Chinese: 作客 (zuò kè)

zuò kè

to live somewhere as a visitor

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Definitions

  1. 1to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn

Stroke order

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作
客

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄎㄜˋ

kè

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 周末我去朋友家作客。

    zhōu mò wǒ qù péng yǒu jiā zuò kè。

    On the weekend I went to stay at a friend's home as a guest.

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Related words

作

zuò

to do

工作

gōng zuò

to work

客人

kè rén

visitor

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

动作

dòng zuò

movement

顾客

gù kè

customer

请客

qǐng kè

to give a dinner party

作者

zuò zhě

author

合作

hé zuò

to cooperate

客观

kè guān

objective

客厅

kè tīng

drawing room (room for arriving guests)

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