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书本shū běn
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 | ||
书 | ||
1. Simplified form of 書 | ||
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 - | ||
本 | 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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