HSK 4 grammar · preposition
作为
作为 — as / in the capacity of
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
作为 before a role or identity means "as", "in the capacity of", framing what follows from that standpoint — 作为老师 "as a teacher". It introduces a status, not an ordinary action.
Examples
作为学生，我们应该努力学习。
Zuòwéi xuésheng, wǒmen yīnggāi nǔlì xuéxí.
As students, we should study hard.
作为父母，他们很关心孩子。
Zuòwéi fùmǔ, tāmen hěn guānxīn háizi.
As parents, they care deeply about their children.
他作为代表参加了会议。
Tā zuòwéi dàibiǎo cānjiā le huìyì.
He attended the meeting as a representative.
See it in a story
In the app, 作为 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.