作业
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
作业 (zuòyè) · homework
作业 (zuòyè) means “homework; assignment”. It is written with 2 characters: 作 (to make) + 业 (business). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 作业 is built
The characters
作 zuò · to make
What 作 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 乍zhà — first time
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 下xià — down
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 卜bo — divination
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A person 亻 making something for the first time 乍; 乍 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
业 yè · business
What 业 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Example sentences
今天的作业很多。Jīntiān de zuòyè hěn duō.There's a lot of homework today.
你做作业了吗？Nǐ zuò zuòyè le ma?Have you done your homework?
Questions about 作业
What does 作业 mean?
作业 (zuòyè) means “homework; assignment”.
How do you pronounce 作业?
作业 is pronounced zuòyè.
Which HSK level is 作业?
作业 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 动作dòngzuòaction
- 工作gōngzuòwork
- 叫作jiàozuòto be called
- 作家zuòjiāwriter
- 作文zuòwéncomposition
- 作用zuòyòngeffect
- 创作chuàngzuòto create
- 合作hézuòto cooperate
- 写作xiězuòwriting
- 制作zhìzuòto make
Learn 作业 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 64: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.