Initial:shVideo guide
Final(T3):ūVideo guide
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Structure:Single-component character
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Traditional:
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Chinese dictionary
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v.write
书写
write
振笔直书
take up the pen and write vigorously
书法
calligraphy
- 2
n.book
是你把这些书放在我桌子上的吗？
Was it you who put these books on my desk?
这本书分析了贫困及其原因。
The book is an analysis of poverty and its causes.
这本书生动地表现了北京的生活。
The book gives us fascinating insights into life in Beijing.
- 3
n.style of calligraphy; script; handwriting
楷书
regular script
隶书
clerical script
- 4
n.document
国书
letter of credence
议定书
protocol
证书
certificate
- 5
n.letter
家书
a letter to home
书札
letters
synonym
Words and phrases with 书
- 书香[word]intellectual/literary family
- 书证[word]written examples of the origin, meaning and usage of a word or phrase; written materials used as evidence in a legal case, such as letters, contracts, account books, etc.
- 书斋[word]study
- 书后[word]postscript
- 书画[word]painting and calligraphy
- 书面通知[word]written notice
- 书商[word]bookseller
- 书页[word]page
- 书报[word]books, newspapers, and periodicals
- 书剑飘零[idiom]away from one's home in pursuit of scholarly honour or military task for a long time
- 书声朗朗[idiom]The hum of study is clearly heard.
- 书缺简脱[idiom]books missing and letters incomplete
- 书香门第[idiom]a scholar-gentry family
- 书不尽言[idiom]cannot write out wholly what one wants to say
- 书生之见[idiom]a bookish approach
- 书空咄咄[idiom]in great disillusion
- 书读五车[idiom]be well read and learned
- 书归正传[idiom]Let us come back to our main story.
Word usage
- common measure word"书" is often matched with measure word "本"or"卷"or"册".
一本书
one book
一卷书
one volume of a book
一册书
one volume of a book