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

• 壁中书(壁中書) texts stored in the wall
• 殳书(殳書) military script
• 哥林多前书(哥林多前書) First epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
• 手书(手書) to write personally; personal letter
• 书稿(書稿) manuscript of a book
• 简书(簡書) bamboo slips
• 书档(書檔) bookend
• 医书(醫書) medical book
• 书册(書冊) a bound book
• 书房(書房) a study; a study room; a studio
• 血书(血書) letter written in one's own blood
• 证明书(證明書) certificate
• 书社(書社) a reading group; press (i.e. publishing house)
• 一二书(一二書) written down one-by-one
• 书馆(書館) teashop with performance by pingshu story tellers; (in former times) private school
• 啃书(啃書) lit. to gnaw a book; to study; to cram
• 连书(連書) to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
• 教书匠(教書匠) hack teacher; pedagogue
• 西番雅书(西番雅書) Book of Zephaniah
• 书目(書目) bibliography
• 百科全书(百科全書) encyclopedia
• 招股说明书(招股說明書) prospectus
• 委托书(委託書) commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization; warrant
• 休书(休書) divorce certificate
• 报告书(報告書) written report
• 书院(書院) an academy
• 牛角挂书(牛角掛書) to hang one's books on cow horns; to be diligent in one's studies
• 书铺(書鋪) bookstore ; book distributor
• 书板(書板) (writing) tablet
• 署书(署書) Shu script
• 林书豪(林書豪) Jeremy Lin
• 约翰壹书(約翰壹書) First epistle of St John
• 书体(書體) calligraphic style ; font
• 加拉太书(加拉太書) Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
• 纬书(緯書) a book name
• 书记处(書記處) secretariat
• 书腰(書腰) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
• 约翰二书(約翰二書) Second epistle of St John
• 书店(書店) bookstore
• 家书(家書) a letter from home

Also contained in

陶山书院 、 敦煌遗书 、 商书 、 三联书店 、 尚书仆射 、 涂色书 、 中书省 、 小书签 、 宋书 、 后汉书 、 南齐书

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• 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33　志第28 經籍二 Volume 33 Treatises 28: Bibliography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 86
• 卷34　志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 85

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