书 (書) shū

1. shū noun book
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '書'; Giles 1892 '書'; Guoyu '書' n 1; XHZD '书' 1, p. 689)
2. shū noun document; manuscript
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '書'; Giles 1892 '書'; Guoyu '書' n 3; Kroll 2015 '書' 3, p. 421; XHZD '书' 3, p. 690)
3. shū noun letter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: In the sense of 信件 (CC-CEDICT '書'; Guoyu '書' n 2; Kroll 2015 '書' 3b, p. 421; XHZD '书' 2, p. 689)
4. shū proper noun the Cannon of Documents
   Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Book Title 书名
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '書'; Kroll 2015 '書' 3a, p. 421)
5. shū verb to write
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 写 (Giles 1892 '書'; Guoyu '書' v 1; Kroll 2015 '書' 1, p. 421; XHZD '书' 1, p. 690)
6. shū noun writing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '書' 2, p. 421)
7. shū noun calligraphy; writing style
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 字体 (Guoyu '書' n 4; Kroll 2015 '書' 2a, p. 421)
8. shū proper noun Shu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '書' n 6)
9. shū verb to record
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '書' v 2)

Contained in

• 宣誓书(宣誓書) affidavit
• 图书(圖書) books ; a household register ; Lo Shu Square ; a kind of pictorial talisman ; a seal
• 正书(正書) regular script ; an orthodox [Neo-Confucian] text
• 支书(支書) branch secretary
• 流动图书馆(流動圖書館) mobile library
• 医书(醫書) medical book
• 读书人(讀書人) a scholar; an intellectual
• 往世书(往世書) Puranas
• 还书(還書) to return a book
• 意向书(意向書) letter of intent (LOI) (commerce)
• 博德利图书馆(博德利圖書館) Bodleian Library (Oxford)
• 佛书(佛書) Buddhist texts; scripture
• 国书(國書) credentials (of a diplomat); documents exchanged between nations; national or dynastic history book
• 鱼书(魚書) fish script
• 史书(史書) a history book ; history book ; clerical script
• 介绍书(介紹書) letter of introduction
• 图书封面(圖書封面) book cover
• 书蝎(書蠍) pseudoscorpion; false scorpion; book scorpion
• 哈巴谷书(哈巴谷書) Book of Habakkuk
• 书档(書檔) bookend
• 国会图书馆(國會圖書館) Library of Congress
• 希伯来书(希伯來書) Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews
• 书架(書架) bookshelf
• 借书单(借書單) book slip
• 大先知书(大先知書) the biblical books of the prophets
• 副秘书长(副秘書長) vice-secretary
• 约翰壹书(約翰壹書) First epistle of St John
• 直书(直書) to record faithfully
• 债务证书(債務證書) debt instrument
• 篆书(篆書) seal script
• 书香门第(書香門第) family with a literary reputation; literary family
• 掉书袋(掉書袋) to wave around one's bookbag; to show off one's erudition; a person who does so
• 奋笔疾书(奮筆疾書) to write at a tremendous speed
• 闲书(閒書) light reading
• 书写不能症(書寫不能症) agraphia
• 知书达理(知書達理) educated and well-balanced
• 美国图书馆协会(美國圖書館協會) American Library Association
• 专书(專書) a monograph
• 天书(天書) imperial edict ; heavenly book ; obscure or illegible writing; double dutch
• 读书(讀書) to study; to read
• 书信集(書信集) collected letters
• 代书(代書) to write for somebody else; a lawyer who writes legal documents for his clients ; a lawyer who writes legal documents for his clients

Also contained in

后汉书 、 行中书省 、 齐书 、 唐书 、 书评 、 绍修书院 、 宋书 、 秘书监 、 晋中兴书

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Truncated for common words

• 卷六十三　　　　表第三　　　宰相下 Volume 63 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 138
• 卷四十三 志第二十三: 職官二 Volume 43 Treatises 23: Government Service 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 132
• 卷六十一　　　　表第一　　　宰相上 Volume 61 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 125
• 卷六十二　　　　表第二　　　宰相中 Volume 62 Tables 2: Chancellors 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 106
• 卷32　志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 95
• 卷七 本紀第七: 中宗 睿宗 Volume 7 Annals 7: Zhongzong, Ruizong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 94
• 卷四十七　　　　志第三十七　　百官二 Volume 47 Treatises 42: Official Posts 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 89
• 卷二十二　本紀第二十二: 武宗一 Volume 22 Annals 22: Wuzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 88
• 卷34　志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 85
• 卷一百六十一 志第一百十四 職官一 Volume 161 Treatises 114: Offical Posts 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 84

Collocations

• 书曰 (書曰) 伊尹作書曰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲上 Shang Shu - Tai Jia I — count: 86
• 栾书 (欒書) 欒書佐之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 20
• 书葬 (書葬) 不書葬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 18
• 载书 (載書) 晉士莊子為載書 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
• 刑书 (刑書) 明啟刑書胥占 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments — count: 7
• 东郭书 (東郭書) 東郭書讓登 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
• 先书 (先書) 先書 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 5
• 书帅 (書帥) 晉欒書帥師救鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 书时 (書時) 書時也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 齐国书 (齊國書) 齊國書帥師伐我 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4