See also: 书院

Chinese

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book; letter courtyard; institution
trad. (書院)
simp. (书院)
 
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高雄市鳳山區鳳儀書院

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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書院

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

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (書院):

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しょ)(いん) (shoin

  1. study (room)
  2. publishing firm

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Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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書院 (seowon) (hangeul 서원)

  1. Hanja form? of 서원.

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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書院

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