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schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
bookstore / CL:
HSK 1
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
bookshelf / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
library / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
desk / CL: 張|张
HSK 5
contract / protocol
HSK 5
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe
HSK 7-9
written notice
HSK 4
secretary
HSK 4
textbook / CL:
HSK 7-9
to write
HSK 7-9
study (room) / studio / CL: 間|间
HSK 6
bookcase
HSK 5
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
books (in a library or bookstore) / CL: , 冊|册,
HSK 6
credentials / certificate
HSK 5
book review / book notice
books / works
HSK 7-9
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
encyclopedia / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
to read; to study / to attend school
HSK 7-9
History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥|李百药 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)
to publish books
letter / epistle
book cover / book jacket
letter of appointment / contract
written evidence
Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
REDnote (Chinese social networking platform)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *书* | 书* | *书
abbr. for 書經|书经
application / application form / petition (to higher authorities)
the calligraphic community
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
manuscript of a book
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
painting and calligraphy
to read / to study
to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition
calligrapher
literary reputation
general secretary (of the Communist Party)
booklist / bibliography / title catalogue / CL:
obscene book / pornography
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
bookcase
HSK 7-9
best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster
calligrapher and painter
bookmark / CL: 張|张
second-hand book / old book / ancient book
same as 舊唐書|旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
entire book; unabridged book
study (room)
papers and books
Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc)
physical book; printed book
reference book
(neologism c. 2018) worthy of being used as a textbook example / exemplary / classic / quintessential
volume / scroll
to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话 / to listen to an audiobook
Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons)
micropedia
folk art consisting of storytelling to music
vice-secretary
national library
to collect books / library collection
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
Epistle of St Paul to Philemon
admission notice (issued by a university)
books and periodicals; publications
bookworm / pedant / bookish fool
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
secretariat
to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard
in writing; written
HSK 7-9
letter / also written 書札|书札
letter
bid or tender submission or delivery / bid or tender document
branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
a series of books / a collection of books
name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
Facebook
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls
header / top margin on a page
a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house)
book number (esp. ISBN)
New Testament
Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
imperial edict
protocol / treaty
a book on the art of war
Book of Jeremiah
treasured book
letter / correspondence / slipcase
clerk of a law court

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