書房

简 书房 · 繁 書房
Mandarin · pinyin shū fáng

Meanings

  1. study (room)
  2. studio
  3. Classifier: 間 jiān
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房
fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
书
shū · book, letter, document; writings
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1–2 · shu1 fang2

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syu1 fong2 · syu1 fong4

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noun

  1. study (room) (Classifier: 間/间 m c)
  2. bookstore (Classifier: 間/间 m)
  3. (Dungan) library
  4. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Dongguan Cantonese, Leizhou Min) school

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