教書

See also: 教书

Chinese

		teach; teaching; religion	book; letter
trad. (教書/敎書)		教/敎	書
simp. (教书)		教	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāoshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaau³ syu¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau¹ si¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāoshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaoshu
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-shu¹
    • Yale: jyāu-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaushu
    • Palladius: цзяошу (czjaošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³ syu¹
    • Yale: gaau syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³ syː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gau¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³ si³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´ su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/

Verb

教⫽書 (verb-object)

1. to teach (especially in a school)

   • 教咗幾十年書 [Cantonese, trad.]
     教咗几十年书 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 開放詞典／开放词典 [Kaifang Cidian]

     gaau³ zo² gei² sap⁶ nin⁴ syu¹ [Jyutping]

     was a teacher for a couple decades

Synonyms

• 授課／授课 (shòukè)
• 教學／教学 (jiāoxué)
• 教課／教课 (jiāokè)
• 講學／讲学 (jiǎngxué)
• 講課／讲课 (jiǎngkè)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 教書 (“to teach (in a school)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		教書, 教學
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	教書
	Singapore	教書
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	教學
	Xi'an	教書
Cantonese	Guangzhou	教書
	Hong Kong	教書
	Taishan	教書
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	教書
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	教書
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	教書
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	教書
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	教書
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	教書
Huizhou	Jixi	教書
Northern Min	Jian'ou	教書
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	教書
Southern Min	Xiamen	教冊
	Quanzhou	教冊
	Zhangzhou	教冊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	教冊
	Manila (Hokkien)	教冊
	Leizhou	教冊

Derived terms

• 教書佬／教书佬
• 教書先生／教书先生
• 教書匠／教书匠 (jiāoshūjiàng)
• 教書育人／教书育人 (jiāoshūyùrén)
• 教書育人／教书育人 (jiāoshūyùrén)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
教	書
きょう Grade: 2	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょ​ーしょ [kyóꜜòshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

教(きょう)書(しょ) • (kyōsho) 

1. a message, an address, a decree

   大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう)の一(いっ)般(ぱん)教(きょう)書(しょ)

   daitōryō no ippan kyōsho

   the President’s State of the Union address