作品
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
作品 (zuòpǐn) · work (of art or literature)
作品 (zuòpǐn) means “work (of art or literature)”. It is written with 2 characters: 作 (to make) + 品 (article). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 作品 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)
品 pǐn · article
What 品 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: Something that everyone is talking 口 about (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这是他最有名的作品。Zhè shì tā zuì yǒumíng de zuòpǐn.This is his most famous work.
你看过她的作品吗？Nǐ kàn guo tā de zuòpǐn ma?Have you seen her work?
Questions about 作品
What does 作品 mean?
作品 (zuòpǐn) means “work (of art or literature)”.
How do you pronounce 作品?
作品 is pronounced zuòpǐn.
Which HSK level is 作品?
作品 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 动作dòngzuòaction
- 工作gōngzuòwork
- 叫作jiàozuòto be called
- 作家zuòjiāwriter
- 作文zuòwéncomposition
- 作业zuòyèhomework
- 作用zuòyòngeffect
- 创作chuàngzuòto create
- 合作hézuòto cooperate
- 写作xiězuòwriting
Learn 作品 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 89: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.