writer
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- 1 writer、author
A person who writes professionally or as a sustained creative activity, including authors and other kinds of writers.
writer、author
Someone who writes books, articles, scripts, or other written works, usually professionally or as a serious ongoing activity.
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ฉันอยากเป็นนักเขียน chǎn yàak pen nák khǐan I want to be a writer. ฉันอยากเป็นนักเขียน details
Learning notes
Explanation
นักเขียน is formed from นัก, which identifies a person engaged in a particular activity or profession, and เขียน, “to write.” Its core sense is therefore “a person who writes.” It commonly refers to an author but can also cover writers of articles and other content. A following word can specify the type of writing, as in นักเขียนบท, “scriptwriter.” It is a neutral, everyday term suitable for both speech and writing. As a word for a person, it normally takes the classifier คน; for example, นักเขียนสามคน means “three writers.”
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing someone’s occupation or career ambitions, introducing an author, or talking about the creation of books, articles, scripts, and other written works.
Caution
It usually describes someone who writes professionally or as an ongoing pursuit, not merely a person who happens to be writing at that moment. A news reporter is normally called นักข่าว, especially when reporting and newsgathering are the focus.
Differences from similar words
1 writer synonyms
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นักประพันธ์ is a somewhat formal term for an author of literary works. นักเขียน is broader and more neutral, covering literary authors as well as people who write articles and other kinds of content.