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): ㄕㄨ ㄈㄤˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фуфон (fufon, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ fong^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-fòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chu-pâng / su-pâng / chir-pâng

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

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shufáng
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-fang²
    • Yale: shū-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shufarng
    • Palladius: шуфан (šufan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фуфон (fufon, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fou²⁴ fɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ fong^4-2
    • Yale: syū fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ fong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ fong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ fongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴ foŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General 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
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡su³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/

Note: ze1 bang5 - Chaozhou.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 書房

1. study (room)
2. (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: 書房(しょぼう) (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

(deprecated template usage)

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
書	房
しょ Grade: 2	ぼう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

書(しょ)房(ぼう) • (shobō) 

1. study (room)
2. bookshop