書院

See also: 书院

Chinese

book; letter courtyard; institution
trad. (書院)
simp. (书院)

Pronunciation


Noun

書院

  1. (archaic) academy of classical learning
  2. (archaic) residential library; residential study
  3. (used in proper nouns in modern times) academy; institute

Proper noun

書院

  1. (街道) Shuyuan (a subdistrict of Xiaonan district, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  2. (社區) Shuyuan (a community in Shuyuan Subdistrict, Xiaonan district, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (書院):
  • Japanese: (しょ)(いん) (shoin)
  • Korean: 서원(書院) (seowon)
  • Vietnamese: thư viện (書院)

References

  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “书院”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 595.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 2
いん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ĩɴ]

Noun

(しょ)(いん) • (shoin

  1. study (room)
  2. publishing firm

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

書院 • (seowon) (hangeul 서원)

  1. hanja form? of 서원

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

書院

  1. chữ Hán form of thư viện (library)