shū

book, letter, document; writings

DEFINITIONS

  • book, letter, document
  • writings
  • abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
  • book
  • letter
  • document
  • CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
  • to write

STROKES

WORDS

kěn shū lit. to gnaw a book; to study; to cram
商務印館 shāng wù yìn shū guǎn The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897)
商君 shāng jūn shū The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC
四庫全 sì kù quán shū Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
sì shū 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
國家圖館 guó jiā tú shū guǎn national library
guó shū credentials (of a diplomat); documents exchanged between nations; national or dynastic history book
tú shū books (in a library or bookstore); CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
管理員 tú shū guǎn lǐ yuán librarian
館 tú shū guǎn library; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
館員 tú shū guǎn yuán librarian
dì shū writing on the ground with a large brush dipped in water
報告 bào gào shū written report
大先知 dà xiān zhī shū the biblical books of the prophets
tiān shū imperial edict; heavenly book (superstition); obscure or illegible writing; double dutch
奮筆疾 fèn bǐ jí shū to write at a tremendous speed
nǚ shū Nü Shu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑶族 瑤族 dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县 in southern Hunan
委任 wěi rèn shū letter of appointment
委託 wěi tuō shū commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization; warrant
hūn shū (old) marriage contract
zì shū character book (i.e. school primer)
學位證 xué wèi zhèng shū diploma
宋四大 sòng sì dà shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
sòng shū History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen2 Yue4] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])
宣誓 xuān shì shū affidavit