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图书馆
tú shū guǎn



图书馆
library


Definitions

Chinese > English
图书馆
     1. Simplified form of 圖書館
圖書館túshūguǎn, t
     1. n. library
           學生-們 通常 以 圖書館 為wéi 家。 - Students usually regard libraries as their second home.
           圖書館 是 人類 知識 的 海洋。 - Libraries contain knowledge of human experience as vast as the open sea.
English > Chinese
library
     1. 名词. 图书馆;藏书楼
     2. 名词. 图书室;资料室
     3. 名词. (书、激光唱片等的)个人收藏
     4. 名词. 系列丛书(或磁带等);文库
     5. 名词. (信息科技)公用程式;程式館;資料館;程式庫
Components
     1. Simplified form of 圖
     1. diagram; plot
     2. chart; map; picture
           w:zh:上海地鐵\上海.地鐵 圖 - map of the (Shanghai Metro)
     3. intention; wish
     4. to draw; to paint
     5. to plan; to plot; to scheme
     6. to try to gain; to seek
     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 -
     1. Simplified form of 館
guǎn
     1. accommodation
           旅館 - hotel
           賓館 - guest house
     2. shop
           飯館 - restaurant
           酒館 - bar, wine shop
     3. mansion
     4. building or place for cultural activities
           體育館 - gymnasium, stadium
           博物館 - museum
           圖書館 - library
     5. (historical) government office
     6. (historical) traditional Chinese private school where classical literature and Confucianism used to be taught
           館地 - (archaic) school
           書館 - (archaic) private school
           蒙館 - primary school
           館賓 - private teacher, preceptor
     7. (historical) factory (q, as a foreign trade emporium)
           廣州 十三行 的 館 -
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