作为
Pinyin: zuò wéi
as; in the capacity of
Example sentence
作为老师，他很有责任心。
Zuòwéi lǎoshī, tā hěn yǒu zérènxīn.
As a teacher, he is very responsible.
What 作为 means
作为 (zuò wéi) is an Chinese word meaning “as; in the capacity of”. It belongs to the Grammar Words topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.