写稿 (xiěgǎo): to write a draft

Meanings

1 to write a draft
2 to write copy/articles (e.g. for a newspaper)
3 to compose (a manuscript)

Characters

写

Examples

他熬夜写稿,赶第二天的截稿时间。

Tā áoyè xiěgǎo, gǎn dì-èr tiān de jiégǎo shíjiān.

He stayed up writing copy to meet the next day's deadline.

我以前给杂志写稿,稿费很低。

Wǒ yǐqián gěi zázhì xiěgǎo, gǎofèi hěn dī.

I used to write for magazines — the pay was very low.

Tips

usage

稿 (gǎo) means 'manuscript / draft', the unit of work that journalists, scriptwriters, and freelancers produce. Related compounds: 稿子 (gǎozi, 'manuscript'), 稿费 (gǎofèi, 'writer's pay'), 投稿 (tóugǎo, 'to submit a manuscript'), 截稿 (jiégǎo, 'deadline').