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書房

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See also: 书房

Chinese

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book; letter house
trad. (書房) 書 房
simp. (书房) 书 房

Pronunciation

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Note: ze1 bang5 - Chaozhou.

Noun

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書房

  1. study (room) (Classifier: 間/间 m c)
  2. bookstore (Classifier: 間/间 m)
  3. (Dungan) library
  4. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Dongguan Cantonese, Leizhou Min) school

Usage notes

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In Chinese, the common word for study (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is 書房/书房 (shūfáng); its 雅稱/雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is 書齋/书斋 (shūzhāi) or 文房 (wénfáng).

Synonyms

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  • (study):
  • (library):
  • (school):

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (書房):

References

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
書 房
しょ
Grade: 2
ぼう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

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書(しょ)房(ぼう) • (shobō) 

  1. study (room)
  2. bookshop