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书本
shū běn



书本
book


Definitions

Chinese > English
书本
     1. Simplified form of 書本
書本shūběn
     1. n. (collective) book
English > Chinese
book
     1. 名词. 書, 書本, 書籍, 卷, 簿
     2. 动词. 登記, 預訂, 控告
Components
     1. Simplified form of 書
shū
     1. book; codex
           我 對 這 本 書 產生 了 共鳴。 - I resonated with this book.
           唔記得 買 書 - to forget to buy textbooks
     2. letter; document
           證明書 - certificate
           推薦書 - recommendation letter
           情書 - love letter
           家書 - letter to or from one's family or home
           《w:zh:告臺灣同胞書\告.臺灣.同胞.書》 - Message to the Compatriots in Taiwan
     3. form of a written or printed Chinese character; style of calligraphy; script; font
           楷書 - regular script
           隸書 - clerical script
     4. (literary) Chinese character
     5. (literary) the art of calligraphy
     6. (historical) ancient government post in charge of secretarial duties
     7. (historical) imperial edict
     8. storytelling
           說書 - to perform pingshu (storytelling)
           聽書 - to listen to performance of pingshu (storytelling)
     9. to write
           書寫 - to write
           罄竹難書 - (of crimes) to be too many to mention
     10. (Cantonese, education) teaching materials (rfclarify, zh)
           聽書 -
běn
     1. (of plants) root; stem
     2. source; origin; root
           努力 工作 是 成功 之 本。 - Hard work is the ultimate source of success.
     3. foundation; basis
           謙遜 是 美德 之 本。 - Humility is the foundation of all virtue.
     4. edition; version; copy
           標點 本 - punctuated edition
           宋 本 - Song-era edition
     5. originally; initially
     6. current; present
           本年 - current year
           本 財政 年 度 的 全部 投資 預算 已 用完。 - We have already used up our total investment budget for the current fiscal year.
     7. this; here; this very
           本人 - I lit. this person
           戲精 本 精 - drama queen him/herself
           本 函 下面 所 示 系 Y 先生 的 簽名。 - You will find the signature of Mr. Y. at the foot hereof.
     8. capital (gl, money used in investment)
           一 本 書 - a book
           一 本 雜誌 - a magazine
           一 本 冊 - a book, MN, tr=chi̍t pún chheh
     9. volume
     10. (Korean Classical Chinese) ancestral seat of a descent group
     11. Further reading. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin, Elementary Mandarin)
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