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to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
bookstore / CL:
HSK 1
schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
library / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
bookshelf / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
secretary
HSK 4
written notice
HSK 4
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
credentials / certificate
HSK 5
bookcase
HSK 5
desk / CL: 張|张
HSK 5
contract / protocol
HSK 5
books (in a library or bookstore) / CL: , 冊|册,
HSK 6
study (room) / studio / CL: 間|间
HSK 6
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
books / works
HSK 7-9
in writing; written
HSK 7-9
to read; to study / to attend school
HSK 7-9
to write
HSK 7-9
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe
HSK 7-9
bookcase
HSK 7-9
textbook / CL:
HSK 7-9
encyclopedia / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
return books
(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè-su], lit. to gnaw a book, similar to Mandarin 啃書|啃书)
presidential award (received by university students in Taiwan for academic excellence)
debt instrument
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *书* | 书* | *书
abbr. for 書經|书经
love letter
First epistle of St Paul to Timothy
(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
micropedia
to write personally / personal letter
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
entire book; unabridged book
spine of a book
to read / to study
Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius
to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition
letter / epistle
carrier pigeon (used for mail)
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇)
running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
same as 書經|书经 Book of History
high official / government minister
to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话 / to listen to an audiobook
book review / book notice
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
history book
Book of Jeremiah
book number (esp. ISBN)
booklist / bibliography / title catalogue / CL:
literary reputation
bookmark / CL: 張|张
second-hand book / old book / ancient book
almanac
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)
to publish books
classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras
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
painting and calligraphy
to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经
Book of Isaiah
page of a book
clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
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
bid or tender submission or delivery / bid or tender document
Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians
a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house)
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
books and periodicals; publications
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
banned book
physical book
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
ancient book / old book
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
Old Testament
scholar / intellectual / egghead
imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement
calligraphy society / village school (old) / literary society (old)
imperial edict
bookworm
bookworm / pedant / bookish fool
calligraphic style / font
bookstore / publishing house
see 家信
book cover / book jacket
pornographic book
pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction
to teach (in a school)
posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature
Joshua (name)

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