The Chinese word for book is
书本
shū běnChinese Definition
book | |
1. 名词. 書, 書本, 書籍, 卷, 簿 | |
2. 动词. 登記, 預訂, 控告 | |
Components | |
书 | |
1. Simplified form of 書 | |
本 | |
1. (of plants) root; stem | |
2. source; origin; root | |
努力 工作 是 成功 之 本。 - Hard work is the ultimate source of success. | |
3. foundation; basis | |
謙遜 是 美德 之 本。 - Humility is the foundation of all virtue. | |
4. edition; version; copy | |
標點 本 - punctuated edition | |
宋 本 - Song-era edition | |
5. originally; initially | |
6. current; present | |
本年 - current year | |
本 財政 年 度 的 全部 投資 預算 已 用完。 - We have already used up our total investment budget for the current fiscal year. | |
7. this; here; this very | |
本人 - I lit. this person | |
戲精 本 精 - drama queen him/herself | |
本 函 下面 所 示 系 Y 先生 的 簽名。 - You will find the signature of Mr. Y. at the foot hereof. | |
8. capital (money used in investment) | |
一 本 書 - a book | |
一 本 雜誌 - a magazine | |
一 本 冊 (chi̍t pún chheh) - a book, MN | |
9. volume | |
10. (Korean Classical Chinese) ancestral seat of a descent group |
Translations for 本 and their definitions
預訂 | |
1. v. to reserve; to book; to subscribe; to order | |
預訂 票 取票 處 - ticket claim |
書 | |
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 | |
聽書 - | |
11. Short for 書經 (gloss=the Classic of History) |
预订 | |
1. Simplified form of 預訂 |
书 | |
1. Simplified form of 書 |
記錄 | |
1. v. to record; to take down; to take notes; to keep minutes; to document | |
今天 你 負責 記錄 吧。 - Today you will be responsible for taking notes. | |
2. n. written records; notes; minutes (of a meeting); documentation | |
會議 記錄 - meeting minutes | |
3. n. recordkeeper | |
4. n. Alternative form of 紀錄 (record (the most extreme known value of some achievement)) | |
5. n. Alternative form of 紀錄 (documentation; record (of newsworthy material)) |
记录 | |
1. Simplified form of 記錄 |
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