书 (shū) means Book (write). Below are 24 of the 50 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
晚上我看 书 ，也看一会儿电视。
wǎnshang wǒ kànshū, yě kàn / kān yìhuir diànshì.
In the evening I read, and watch a little TV.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
桌子上边有我的电脑和很多 书 。
zhuōzi shàng biān yǒu wǒ de(possessive) diànnǎo hé hěnduō shū.
On the desk are my computer and a lot of books.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
我看 书 的时候，它也在我的桌子上。
wǒ kànshū de / dì shíhou, tā yě zài wǒ de(possessive) zhuōzi shàng.
When I'm reading, he's on my desk too.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
她把手机交给了图 书 馆的工作人员。
tā bǎshǒu jī jiāogěi le / liǎo / liào túshūguǎn de / dì gōngzuò rényuán.
She'd handed it in to the library staff.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
我把那封信放在了 书 桌上，每天都能看见。
wǒ bǎ nà / nèi fēng xìn fàng zài le / liǎo / liào shū zhuō shàng, měitiān dōu néng kànjiàn.
I put the letter on my desk where I see it every day.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
那天我先坐公共汽车去了商场，又去了图 书 馆。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ xiān zuò gōnggòngqìchē qùle shāngchǎng, yòu qùle túshūguǎn.
That day I'd taken the bus to the shopping centre, then gone to the library.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
请给我一个 书 面答复。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yí ge shūmiàn dáfù.
Please give me a written reply.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
From the grammar library
他买了两本 书 。
Tā mǎi le liǎng běn shū.
He bought two books.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我买了三本 书 。
Wǒ mǎi le sān běn shū.
I bought three books.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 了 — completed action and change of state
桌子上有一本 书 。
Zhuōzi shang yǒu yì běn shū.
There's a book on the table.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
我在图 书 馆看 书 。
Wǒ zài túshūguǎn kàn shū.
I'm reading at the library.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 在 — location and "-ing"
请把那本 书 给我。
Qǐng bǎ nà běn shū gěi wǒ.
Please pass me that book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 把 sentences
这本 书 我看懂了。
Zhè běn shū wǒ kàndǒng le.
I understood this book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
我拿出一本 书 来。
Wǒ ná chū yì běn shū lái.
I took out a book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
书 appears in 50 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 书
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 书
How is 书 used in a sentence?
This page shows 50 sentences using 书 (shū, "Book (write)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 书 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 书 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 书 an HSK word?
Yes — 书 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 书?
The dictionary page for 书 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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