shū běndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
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Original source entry:

書本 书本 [shu1 ben3] /book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)/

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Other forms in these source records: 書本

  • 书
    shū

    book / letter / document / CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù] / to write

    Shū

    abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]

  • 本
    běn

    (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

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