書館 (syu1 gun2 | shu1 guan3) : old term for school; a private school held at home

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書館

syu1 gun2

shu1 guan3

old term for school; a private school held at home [Var.] 書舘

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

書館 / 书馆

This word has been viewed 1308 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 14th Nov 2005 01:43 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

書 syu1 - book; writings
館 gun2 - public building

19 compounds containing this word:

圖書館 - library
圖書館館員 - librarian
圖書館館長 - librarian
圖書館長 - librarian
圖書館主任 - head librarian
圖書館管理員 - librarian
圖書館員 - librarian
流動圖書館 - mobile library
伯德雷恩圖書館 - Bodleian Library (Oxford)
香港中央圖書館 - Hong Kong Central Library
中央圖書館 - Central Library
法國國家圖書館 - Bibliothèque nationale de France
中國國家圖書館 - Chinese National Library
日本國立國會圖書館 - National Parliament Library of Japan
美國國會圖書館 - Library of Congress
紐約公共圖書館 - New York Public Library
商務印書館 - Commercial Press (bookstore chain and publisher)
上海商務印書館 - Commercial Press, Shanghai (from 1897)
Common Formations:
國家圖書館 - national library

Showing all 5 examples containing 書館

我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵
We either go the the library or go home.

首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

他興奮地去圖書館。國
He goes to the library with excitement.
[地 is used as an adjunct after a word (pinyin: de5)]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

書舘 syu1 gun2 shu1 guan3 = old term for school; a private school held at home

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