書籍

See also: 书籍

Chinese

		book; letter	record; register; native place
trad. (書籍)		書	籍
simp. (书籍)		书	籍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ zik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-si̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su-che̍k / chir-chi̍p / si-che̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ zia⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shují
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-chi²
    • Yale: shū-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shujyi
    • Palladius: шуцзи (šuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: syū jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-si̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ xid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ sit̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-che̍k
    • Tâi-lô: su-tsi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suzek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-chi̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-tsi̍p
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ t͡sip̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-che̍k
    • Tâi-lô: si-tsi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sizek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ zia⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ tsiă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sia³⁵/

Noun

書籍

1. (collective) books; works

   黃色書籍／黄色书籍  ―  huángsè shūjí  ―  pornographic books

   書籍是人類進步的階梯。 [MSC, trad.]
   书籍是人类进步的阶梯。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shūjí shì rénlèi jìnbù de jiētī. [Pinyin]

   Books are the ladder of human progress.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 書 (“book”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		書
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		書, 書本 collective, 書籍 collective, 書冊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	書
	Taiwan	書
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	書
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	書
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	書
	Wanrong	書
	Xi'an	書
	Xining	書
	Xuzhou	書
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	書
	Lanzhou	書
	Ürümqi	書
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	書, 書些 collective
	Wuhan	書
	Guiyang	書
	Guilin	書
	Liuzhou	書
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	書
	Yangzhou	書, 冊子 euphemistic
	Hefei	書
Mandarin	Malaysia	書
	Singapore	書
	Dagudi (Maliba)	書
	Reshuitang (Longling)	書
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	書
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	書
Cantonese	Guangzhou	書
	Hong Kong	書
	Macau	書
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	書
	Taishan	書
	Taishan (Guanghai)	書
	Dongguan	書
	Yangjiang	書
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	書
	Hepu (Shatian)	書
	Beihai	書
	Beihai (Nankang)	書
	Beihai (Yingpan)	書
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	書
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	書
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	書
	Danzhou	書
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	書
	Singapore (Guangfu)	書
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	書
	Móng Cái	書
	Mandalay (Taishan)	書
Gan	Nanchang	書
	Lichuan	書
	Pingxiang	書
Hakka	Meixian	書
	Yudu	書
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	書
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	書
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	書
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	書
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	書
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	書
Huizhou	Jixi	書
Jin	Taiyuan	書
	Xinzhou	書
	Liangcheng	書
Northern Min	Jian'ou	書
	Songxi	書
	Jianyang	書
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	書
	Fuzhou (Changle)	書
	Lianjiang	書
	Fuqing	書
	Yongtai	書
	Minqing	書
	Gutian	書
	Pingnan	書
	Luoyuan	書
	Fu'an	書
	Ningde	書
	Xiapu	書
	Zherong	書
	Shouning	書
	Zhouning	書
	Fuding	書冊, 書
Southern Min	Xiamen	冊, 書冊
	Quanzhou	冊, 書, 書冊
	Jinjiang	冊
	Yongchun	冊, 書
	Zhangzhou	冊
	Zhangpu	冊
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	書
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	書
	Tainan	冊
	Tainan (Anping)	冊
	Penghu (Xiyu)	書
	Penang (Hokkien)	冊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冊
	Manila (Hokkien)	冊
	Medan (Hokkien)	冊
	Longyan	書冊
	Zhangping	冊
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	冊
	Datian	書
	Chaozhou	書
	Shantou	書, 書冊
	Jieyang	書
	Haifeng	冊
	Bangkok (Teochew)	書
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	書
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	書
	Singapore (Teochew)	書, 冊
	Pontianak (Teochew)	書
	Leizhou	冊
	Wenchang	冊
	Haikou	冊
	Singapore (Hainanese)	冊
Puxian Min	Putian	冊
	Putian (Donghai)	冊
	Putian (Jiangkou)	冊
	Putian (Nanri)	冊
	Xianyou	冊
	Xianyou (Fengting)	冊
	Xianyou (Youyang)	冊
Central Min	Yong'an	書
	Sanming (Shaxian)	書
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	書
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	書
Wu	Shanghai	書
	Shanghai (Chongming)	書
	Suzhou	書
	Danyang	書
	Hangzhou	書
	Ningbo	書
	Wenzhou	書
	Jinhua	書
Xiang	Changsha	書
	Xiangxiang	書
	Loudi	書
	Shuangfeng	書

• 冊／册 (cè) (as a classifier, or Classical Chinese)
• 冊子／册子 (cèzi)
• 卷 (juàn)
• 圖書／图书 (túshū) (as a collective term)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
• 文曲 (wénqǔ) (Classical Chinese)
• 文章 (wénzhāng)
• 書／书 (shū)
• 書冊／书册 (shūcè) (dated or Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)
• 書卷／书卷 (shūjuàn)
• 書本／书本 (shūběn) (as a collective term)
• 本 (běn) (as a classifier)
• 本子 (běnzi)
• 本本 (běnběn) (informal, diminutive)
• 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
• 簿 (bù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 籍 (jí) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 經籍／经籍 (jīngjí)
• 著 (zhù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 藝文／艺文 (yìwén)

 

Derived terms

• 有聲書籍／有声书籍 (yǒushēng shūjí)

 

References

• 書籍 in MDBG Chinese Dictionary
• “Entry #133198”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
書	籍
しょ Grade: 2	せき Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 書籍 (MC syo dzjek).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​せき [shóꜜsèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しょせき [shòsékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞se̞kʲi]

Noun

書(しょ)籍(せき) • (shoseki) 

1. book

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 書籍小包(しょせきこづつみ) (shoseki kozutsumi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
書	籍
しょ Grade: 2	じゃく Grade: S
goon

From Middle Chinese 書籍 (MC syo dzjek).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​じゃく [shóꜜjàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しょじゃく [shòjákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ʑa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

書(しょ)籍(じゃく) • (shojaku) 

1. book

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 書籍館(しょじゃくかん) (shojakukan, “(archaic) library”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
書	籍

Noun

書籍 • (seojeok) (hangeul 서적)

1. book