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

• 婚书(婚書) marriage contract
• 祕书(祕書) an assistant; a secretary
• 国家图书馆(國家圖書館) national library
• 书报(書報) papers and books
• 国际标准书号(國際標準書號) International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
• 参考书(參考書) reference book
• 西番雅书(西番雅書) Book of Zephaniah
• 说书人(說書人) a storyteller
• 书林(書林) an archive ; a group of scholars ; a bookstore
• 书僮(書僮) a boy servant
• 还书(還書) to return a book
• 书馆(書館) teashop with performance by pingshu story tellers; (in former times) private school
• 民众图书馆(民眾圖書館) public library
• 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
• 秘书(祕書) a private library ; secretary
• 电纸书(電紙書) electronic book reader
• 债权证书(債權證書) loan record
• 文书处理器(文書處理器) word processor
• 推荐书(推薦書) recommendation letter
• 读书人(讀書人) a scholar; an intellectual
• 约翰二书(約翰二書) Second epistle of St John
• 协议书(協議書) contract; protocol
• 秦书八体(秦書八體) eight Qin scripts
• 书信集(書信集) collected letters
• 罄笔难书(罄筆難書) too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds)
• 佛书(佛書) Buddhist texts; scripture
• 书皮(書皮) book cover; book jacket
• 请愿书(請願書) petition
• 委任书(委任書) letter of appointment
• 上书说上(上書說上) wrote in a memorial to the Imperial throne
• 纬书(緯書) a book name
• 书信(書信) a letter ; epistle
• 六书(六書) six methods
• 佚书(佚書) lost books
• 书面(書面) in writing; written ; a book cover
• 宝书(寶書) treasured book
• 书腰(書腰) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
• 腓立比书(腓立比書) Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians
• 借书证(借書證) library card
• 积书(積書) to collect books

Also contained in

岳麓书院 、 大英图书馆 、 琴书 、 户部尚书 、 行中书省 、 续汉书 、 宋书 、 掌书记 、 五卷书 、 红宝书 、 书评

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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33　志第28 經籍二 Volume 33 Treatises 28: Bibliography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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