四庫全書
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Chinese
| four | warehouse; storehouse | all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete |
book; letter | ||
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| trad. (四庫全書) | 四 | 庫 | 全 | 書 | |
| simp. (四库全书) | 四 | 库 | 全 | 书 | |
| Literally: “complete books of the four repositories”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄎㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sìhkù Cyuánshu
- Wade–Giles: Ssŭ4-kʻu4 Chʻüan2-shu1
- Yale: Sz̀-kù Chywán-shū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhkuh Chyuanshu
- Palladius: Сыку Цюаньшу (Syku Cjuanʹšu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 fu3 cyun4 syu1
- Yale: sei fu chyùhn syū
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 fu3 tsyn4 sy1
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 fu3 qun4 xu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ fuː³³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
四庫全書
- Siku Quanshu (the largest collection of books in Chinese history)