tú shū
books
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我喜欢在图书馆看书。
wǒ xǐhuān zài túshūguǎn kàn shū.
I like reading books in the library.
这本书的插图很精美。
zhè běn shū de chā tú hěn jīngměi.
The illustrations in this book are very beautiful.
我正在写一本关于中国的书。
wǒ zhèngzài xiě yī běn guānyú zhōngguó de shū.
I am writing a book about China.
手稿 (shǒugǎo)
manuscript
杂志 (zázhì)
magazine
The Chinese word 图书 (túshū) for "books" is composed of two characters: 图 (tú) and 书 (shū). The character 图 originally meant "map" or "drawing", and it is composed of the radical 土 (tǔ) for "earth" and the phonetic component 甫 (fǔ). The character 书 originally meant "to write" or "to record", and it is composed of the radical 竹 (zhú) for "bamboo" and the phonetic component 聿 (yù).When combined, the characters 图 and 书 form the compound word 图书, which literally means "drawings and writings". This term was originally used to refer to maps and other illustrated works, but it gradually came to be used more broadly to refer to books in general. In modern Chinese, 图书 is the most common word for "books", and it is used in a variety of contexts, including libraries, bookstores, and schools.
