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To write an essay in Chinese: 作文 (zuò wén)

zuò wén

to write an essay

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to write an essay
  2. 2composition (student essay)

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作
文

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨㄣˊ

wén

ㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 你的作文有一些错误。

    nǐ de zuò wén yǒu yì xiē cuò wù。

    Your composition has a few mistakes.

  • 你什么时候需要交作文？

    nǐ shén me shí hòu xū yào jiāo zuò wén？

    When have you got to hand in your essay?

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Related words

作

zuò

to do

文

wén

language

工作

gōng zuò

to work

文化

wén huà

culture

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

动作

dòng zuò

movement

文章

wén zhāng

article

中文

zhōng wén

Chinese language

作者

zuò zhě

author

合作

hé zuò

to cooperate

论文

lùn wén

paper

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