图书馆/圖書館 túshūguǎn — library

Meanings

1. 1

   library

   A library. Borrowing a book there is 借书, and returning it 还书 — the second 还 read huán, not hái.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 书/書

  shū (first tone, high and level)

  book; to write; a letter, a written document

  4 strokesRadical 乙

Example sentences

• 我常常在图书馆看书。/我常常在圖書館看書。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) chángcháng (second tone, rising) zài (fourth tone, falling) túshūguǎn (second tone, rising) kàn (fourth tone, falling) shū. (first tone, high and level)···

  I often read in the library.

• 图书馆里不能吃东西。/圖書館裡不能吃東西。Túshūguǎn (second tone, rising) lǐ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) néng (second tone, rising) chī (first tone, high and level) dōngxi. (first tone, high and level)···

  You mustn’t eat in the library.

Similar words

Words containing 书

• 书/書shū (first tone, high and level)book