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  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
contract / protocol
HSK 5
written notice
HSK 4
secretary
HSK 4
textbook / CL:
HSK 7-9
(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
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 of appointment / contract
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)
to read / to study
to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition
obscene book / pornography
best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster
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
physical book; printed book
reference book
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
to collect books / library collection
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
Epistle of St Paul to Philemon
admission notice (issued by a university)
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard
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
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
New Testament
imperial edict
protocol / treaty
a book on the art of war
Book of Jeremiah
treasured book
to record faithfully
clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
to record faithfully
to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
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
written report
letter of intent (LOI) (commerce)
holy book
birth certificate / CL: 張|张
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement
Book of Hosea
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
electronic book / e-book / e-book reader
History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Wei Shou 魏收 in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐, 114 scrolls
same as 書經|书经 Book of History
high official / government minister
to write at a tremendous speed
commission / proxy / power of attorney / authorization / warrant
medical book
proviso / qualifying clause
gospel
confession
Brahmana, ancient Hindu texts
Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
written proposal; document outlining an initiative
Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
curious coincidence
petition
posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature
history book
diploma (for a degree) / degree certificate
see 家信
literary journal published in 1892–93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
lit. to gnaw a book / to study / to cram
credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book
to scribble rapidly
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
physical book
to write personally / personal letter
prospectus (setting out a share offer)
suicide note
indictment (law) / statement of charges (law)
Book of Habakkuk
Book of Haggai
love letter
almanac
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies

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