書房
See also: 书房
Chinese
| book; letter | house | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (書房) | 書 | 房 | |
| simp. (书房) | 书 | 房 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syu1 fong4-2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-fòng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1sy-vaon6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shūfáng
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄈㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shufáng
- Wade–Giles: shu1-fang2
- Yale: shū-fáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shufarng
- Palladius: шуфан (šufan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syu1 fong4-2
- Yale: syū fóng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sy1 fong4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: xu1 fong4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /syː⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-fòng
- Hakka Romanization System: suˊ fongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: su1 fong2
- Sinological IPA: /su²⁴ foŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-pâng
- Tâi-lô: tsu-pâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zu'paang
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-pâng
- Tâi-lô: su-pâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: su'paang
- IPA (Yilan): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-pâng
- Tâi-lô: tsir-pâng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ paŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ze1 bang5 / zu1 bang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ pâng / tsu pâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡su³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Note: ze1 bang5 - Chaozhou.
Noun
書房
Usage notes
In Chinese, the common word for study (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is 書房／书房 (shūfáng); its 雅稱／雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is 書齋／书斋 (shūzhāi) or 文房 (wénfáng).
Synonyms
- (study):
Dialectal synonyms of 書房 (“study (room)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 書房, 書齋, 文房 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 書房 |
| Singapore | 書房 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 書房 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 書房 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 書房 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 書房 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 書房 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 書房 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 書房 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 書間仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 冊房 |
| Quanzhou | 冊房 | |
| Jinjiang | 書間 | |
| Zhangzhou | 冊房 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 寫字房 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書房, 書房間 |
- (library):
Dialectal synonyms of 圖書館 (“library”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圖書館 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 圖書館, 圖兒館 |
| Taiwan | 圖書館 | |
| Singapore | 圖書館 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 書房, библиотека |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 圖書館 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 圖書館, 拉把, 拉記 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 圖書館 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 圖書館 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 圖書館 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 圖書館 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 圖書館 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 圖書館 | |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 圖書館 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 圖書館 |
| Tainan | 圖書館 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 讀冊館, 圖書館 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 圖書館 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 圖書館 |
Descendants
References
- Duffus, William (1883) “study”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 258
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 書 | 房 |
| しょ Grade: 2 |
ぼう Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
書房 • (shobō)