書 (syu1) — document; certificate; letter in Cantonese
syuˉ¹書简 书
Mandarin Pinyin: shu1
Meaning of 書
noundocument; certificate; letter
nounstyle of calligraphy; script
nounwrite; describe
nounbook; writings
noun(noun) calligraphy style
Example Sentences with 書
我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.
我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。
We either go the the library or go home.
首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.
他把好些書存放在我這兒了。
He has left a number of books with me.
佢存放咗幾本書喺我呢處。
He has left a number of books with me.
Words Containing 書
聲明書sing1 ming4 syu1
statement
借書證ze3 syu1 zing3
library card
擔保書daam1 bou2 syu1
guaranty, guarantee; recognizance document (for immigration)
默書mak6 syu1
dictation (n); to dictate (v)
書畫家syu1 waa2 gaa1
calligrapher and painter
書店syu1 dim3
bookstore; bookshop
書院syu1 jyun2
college; academy of classical learning
婚書fan1 syu1
marriage certificate
刨書paau4 syu1
to cram / mug (before an exam)
書法家syu1 faat3 gaa1
a calligrapher
兵書bing1 syu1
a book on the art of war
書架syu1 gaa2
cf. 書櫃
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