book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write

secretary

to read a book; to study; to attend school

library; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]

to read; to study

to read; to study; to attend school

bookstore; CL:家[jia1]

to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)

books; works

study (room); studio; CL:間|间[jian1]

bookworm; pedant; bookish fool

love letter

Joshua (name)

in writing; written

to write

posthumous writing; testament; suicide note; ancient literature

schoolbag; satchel; bookbag; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]

credentials; certificate

document; official correspondence; secretary; secretariat

book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)

textbook; CL:本[ben3]

books (in a library or bookstore); CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]

desk; CL:張|张[zhang1]

(technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film); specification (patent); CL:本[ben3]

secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe

secretary-general

name of a book; reputation as calligrapher

Facebook

contract; protocol

secretariat

bookshelf; CL:個|个[ge4]

letter; epistle

best-seller; best-selling book; blockbuster

to publish books

petition

application; application form; petition (to higher authorities)

written report

encyclopedia; CL:本[ben3],集[ji2]

page of a book

to collect books; library collection

scholar; intellectual

to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart; to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc); backing; endorsement

the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]

Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)

same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])

History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls; usually 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] to distinguish from Northern Qi

(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè-su], lit. to gnaw a book, similar to Mandarin 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1])

to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition