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  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
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  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
good-looking / nice-looking / good (of a movie, book, TV show etc) / embarrassed / humiliated
HSK 1
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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: / edition
HSK 1
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
HSK 3
to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:
HSK 4
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
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  *定* | 定* | *定
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely
HSK 4
to place an order / to book ahead
HSK 4
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  *册* | 册* | *册
book / booklet / classifier for books
HSK 5
booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment
HSK 6
pocket-sized / pocket (book etc)
HSK 6
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
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  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)
HSK 7-9
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
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  *坟* | 坟* | *坟
grave / tomb / CL: / embankment / mound / ancient book
HSK 7-9
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  *损* | 损* | *损
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes:
HSK 7-9
fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc)
HSK 7-9
to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request
HSK 7-9
course of study (commonly used in book titles)
(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè su], lit. to gnaw a book) / see also 啃書|啃书
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  *易* | 易* | *易
surname Yi / abbr. for 易經|易经, the Book of Changes
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  *鼎* | 鼎* | *鼎
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
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  *恒* | 恒* | *恒
permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes ()
entire book; unabridged book
spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles)
collection of documents / library / book series / sequence of data, esp. genome
Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
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  *籍* | 籍* | *籍
book or record / registry / roll / place of one's family or ancestral records / membership
book review / book notice
guide (e.g. book or other printed material)
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)
name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
quotation (from a book or existing source)
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  *著* | 著* | *著
to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding
another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经
page of a book
impression of a book / opinion expressed in a book review
rare book / cheat code (video games)
book / CL:
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
to read a sample chapter of a book / to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis / to attend classes on a trial basis
scroll (book or painting)
binding and layout (of a book etc)
excerpt / selection (from a book) / to select / to choose an extract
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  *彖* | 彖* | *彖
to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
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  *簿* | 簿* | *簿
a book / a register / account-book
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
biography recounting apocryphal anecdotes and rumors / (old) book of exegesis of a classic
old book / good book / reliable book / rare book
random thoughts / (in book titles etc) impressions / jottings
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  *诗* | 诗* | *诗
abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经, the Book of Songs
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  *掩* | 掩* | *掩
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school
same as 書經|书经 Book of History
The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
character book (i.e. school primer)
a book on the art of war
the back cover of a book
book of pictures or charts / (math.) atlas
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
a memo book (recording events)
Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
reader / an instructional book
pornographic book
to compile (various texts) into book form / a compilation
bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times) / letter; correspondence; book; document
at a glance / (in book titles) overview
to skim (through a book) / to read cursorily / to dip into
incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book)
history book
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16 is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开)
a book / a volume
account book
second-hand book / old book / ancient book
edition (of a book etc) / edition number
(literary) to decline / to wane / title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
to open a book / open-book (exam)
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
(often used in book or chapter titles) general introduction; overview
admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app
Superman, comic book superhero
commentary and subcommentary (of a book)
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经
hardcover (book) / elaborately packaged / opposite: 簡裝|简装
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
secret book or collection of books

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