原書

See also: 原书

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	book; letter
trad. (原書)		原	書
simp. (原书)		原	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánshu
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-shu¹
    • Yale: ywán-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshu
    • Palladius: юаньшу (juanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ syu¹
    • Yale: yùhn syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ syː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 原書／原书 爰書／爰书

Noun

原書

1. original version of a text

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	書
げん Grade: 2	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

原(げん)書(しょ) • (gensho) 

1. The original, untranslated version of a text.
2. A foreign book written in a foreign language, especially from Europe or America.

Synonyms

• (original text): 原本(げんぽん) (genpon)
• (foreign book): 洋書(ようしょ) (yōsho)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.