作者 meaning and pronunciation

作者

Simplified/traditional word

作 (zuò): to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works;
者 (zhě): (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this;