類書

Chinese

		kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	book; letter
trad. (類書)		類	書
simp. (类书)		类	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèishū

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶ syu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lūi-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèishū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèishu
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴-shu¹
    • Yale: lèi-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leyshu
    • Palladius: лэйшу (lɛjšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶ syu¹
    • Yale: leuih syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²² syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lūi-su
    • Tâi-lô: luī-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luixsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

Noun

類書

1. (historical) miscellany of popular writings (a kind of reference book historically compiled in China and other countries of the Sinosphere, with material taken from various sources and arranged according to subjects)
2. book of a similar nature