書院

See also: 书院

Chinese

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

高雄市鳳山區鳳儀書院

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ jyun^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-yen / sû-yan
• Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆-iêng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-īⁿ / chir-īⁿ / si-īⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-yüan⁴
    • Yale: shū-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuyuann
    • Palladius: шуюань (šujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: syū yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ yun^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-yen
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ ien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ yan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-yan
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ (r)ian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ yan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯an⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆-iêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ iɛŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: su-īnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'vi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-īnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ ĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: si-īnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'vi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² ĩ²²/

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: 書(しょ)院(いん) (shoin)
• → Korean: 서원(書院) (seowon)
• → Vietnamese: thư viện (書院)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ĩɴ]

Noun

書(しょ)院(いん) • (shoin) 

1. study (room)
2. publishing firm

Synonyms

• (study): 書(しょ)斎(さい) (shosai)
• (publishing firm): 出(しゅっ)版(ぱん)社(しゃ) (shuppansha)

Korean

Hanja in this term
書	院

Noun

書院 • (seowon) (hangeul 서원)

1. Hanja form^? of 서원.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
書	院

Noun

書院

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