書院

See also: 书院

Chinese

book; letter courtyard; institution
trad. (書院)
simp. (书院)

Pronunciation


Noun

書院

  1. (archaic) academy of classical learning
  2. (archaic) residential library; residential study
  3. (used in proper nouns in modern times) academy; institute

Proper noun

書院

  1. (街道) Shuyuan (a subdistrict of Xiaonan district, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  2. (社區) Shuyuan (a community in Shuyuan Subdistrict, Xiaonan district, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (書院):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 2
いん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょ)(いん) (shoin) 

  1. study (room)
  2. publishing firm

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

書院 (seowon) (hangeul 서원)

  1. Hanja form? of 서원.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

書院

  1. chữ Hán form of thư viện (library).
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