撰述

Chinese

		compose; compile	to state; to tell; to narrate to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
trad. (撰述)		撰	述
simp. #(撰述)		撰	述

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuànshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶ seot⁶ / zaan³ seot⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choān-su̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuànshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuànshù
    • Wade–Giles: chuan⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: jwàn-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juannshuh
    • Palladius: чжуаньшу (čžuanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaan⁶ seot⁶ / zaan³ seot⁶
    • Yale: jaahn seuht / jaan seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶ soet⁹ / dzaan³ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶ sêd⁶ / zan³ sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²² sɵt̚²/, /t͡saːn³³ sɵt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choān-su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsuān-su̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaxnsut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²²⁻²¹ sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹⁻²² sut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²²⁻²¹ sut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan³³⁻¹¹ sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan³³⁻²¹ sut̚⁴/

Verb

撰述

1. (formal) to write (a book); to compose

Synonyms

• 作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
• 執筆／执笔 (zhíbǐ)
• 寫作／写作 (xiězuò)
• 寫字／写字 (xiězì)
• 屬文／属文 (zhǔwén) (literary, to compose prose)
• 援筆／援笔 (yuánbǐ) (literary)
• 提筆／提笔 (tíbǐ)
• 撰 (zhuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
• 撰著 (zhuànzhù) (to write a book)
• 書寫／书写 (shūxiě)
• 筆耕／笔耕 (bǐgēng) (literary)
• 綴文／缀文 (zhuìwén) (literary, to write a composition)
• 編寫／编写 (biānxiě)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 著述 (zhùshù)
• 行文 (xíngwén)
• 行筆／行笔 (xíngbǐ) (literary, to write an essay or composition)
• 製作／制作 (zhìzuò)
• 譔文／撰文 (zhuànwén) (to write an article)

 

Noun

撰述

1. (formal) writing; written work

Synonyms

• 冊／册 (cè) (as a classifier, or Classical Chinese)
• 冊子／册子 (cèzi)
• 卷 (juàn)
• 圖書／图书 (túshū) (as a collective term)
• 文曲 (wénqǔ) (Classical Chinese)
• 文章 (wénzhāng)
• 書／书 (shū)
• 書冊／书册 (shūcè) (dated or Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)
• 書卷／书卷 (shūjuàn)
• 書本／书本 (shūběn) (as a collective term)
• 書籍／书籍 (shūjí) (as a collective term)
• 本 (běn) (as a classifier)
• 本子 (běnzi)
• 本本 (běnběn) (informal, diminutive)
• 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
• 簿 (bù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 籍 (jí) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 經籍／经籍 (jīngjí)
• 著 (zhù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 藝文／艺文 (yìwén)