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书 Shū

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书 Shū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Shū | Shu1
English translation
abbr. for 書經
>书经 Shū jīng [Shū jīng]
book
letter
document
CL:本 běn [běn],冊 cè
>册 cè [cè],部 bù [bù]
to write
book, letter, document; writing

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About 书 Shū

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HSK level

1

Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

書 shū

Contains the radical

丨 shù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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A mark made by a pen ⺺

Etymology of 书 Shū

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿻？丨 shù

Explanation

Simplified form of 書 shū . Phonosemantic compound. 聿 yù represents the meaning and 者 zhě represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 书 Shū

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万般皆下品,惟有 wéi yǒu 读书 dú shū 高 Gāo .

To be a scholar is to be the top of society.

这 zhè 本 běn 书 Shū 里 lǐ 所有 suǒyǒu 的 de 插图 chā tú 都 dōu 加 Jiā 贴 tiē 得 dé 不 bù 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài 都 dōu 开始 kāishǐ 脱 tuō 页 yè 了 le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

这 zhè 书 Shū 放 fàng 得 dé 太 tài 高 Gāo , 我 wǒ 够 gòu 不 bù 着 zhāo .

The book's too high -- I can't reach it.

全书 quán shū 近 jìn 20万 Mò 言 yán .

It is a book of nearly 200,000 words.

秘书 mìshū 度假 dù jià 时 shí ,谁 shuí 来 lái 代替 dàitì 她 tā ?

Who will double for the secretary while she is on holiday?

Words with 书 Shū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
书 Shū book書 shū
读书 dú shū to study讀書
书记 shūji clerk書記
图书馆 túshūguǎn library圖書館
秘书 mìshū secretary秘書
证书 zhèngshū credentials證書
图书 tú shū books (in a library or bookstore)圖書
书面 shūmiàn in writing書面
书店 shū diàn bookstore書店
秘书长 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general秘書長
副书记 fù shū ji deputy secretary副書記
书籍 shūjí books書籍
书房 shū fáng studio書房
看书 kàn shū to read看書
文书 wén shū document文書
说明书 shuō míng shū (technical) manual說明書
总书记 zǒng shū ji general secretary (of the Communist Party)總書記
教书 jiāo shū to teach (in a school)教書
书写 shū xiě to write書寫
书法 shūfǎ calligraphy書法
书包 shū bāo schoolbag書包
教科书 jiào kē shū textbook教科書
书呆子 shū dāi zi bookworm書呆子
书本 shū běn book書本
情书 qíng shū love letter情書

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