# 作文 (zuòwén)

In Mandarin Chinese, 作文 (zuòwén) means “essay (student composition)”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: essay (student composition)
- Pinyin: zuòwén (zuo4 wen2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 篇

## Examples

- 老师让我们写一篇作文。
  Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen xiě yì piān zuòwén.
  The teacher asked us to write a short essay.

## Characters

- [作](https://hanziro.com/word/zuo-write/) (zuò): to write; to compose
- [文](https://hanziro.com/word/wen-language/) (wén): language; culture

https://hanziro.com/word/zuo-wen-essay/

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