書房

See also: 书房

Chinese

		book; letter	house
trad. (書房)		書	房
simp. (书房)		书	房

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shūfáng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄈㄤˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): фуфон (fufon, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ fong^4-2
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chu-pâng / su-pâng / chir-pâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ bang⁵ / zu¹ bang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shūfáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄈㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shufarng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: фуфон (fufon, I-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /fʊ²⁴ fɔ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu¹ fong^4-2
  - Yale: syū fóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ fong^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ fong²
  - IPA ^(key): /ʃyː⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream 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: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: su-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'paang
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²³/
- (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
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡su³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/

Note: ze1 bang5 - Chaozhou.

Noun

書房

study (room)
(Dungan) library

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): 書齋／书斋 (shūzhāi), 文房 (wénfáng); (Min Nan) 冊房／册房, 寫字房／写字房
(library): 圖書館／图书馆 (túshūguǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (書房):

→ Japanese: 書 (しょ)房 (ぼう) (shobō)
→ Korean: 서방 (書房, seobang)
→ Vietnamese: thư phòng (書房)

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 (hiragana しょぼう, rōmaji shobō)

study (room)
bookshop

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