經書

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Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	book; letter
trad. (經書)		經	書
simp. (经书)		经	书
anagram		書經／书经

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngshū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ syu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-sû
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): keng-su / keng-chu

(Teochew, Peng'im): gian¹ ze¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingshu
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-shu¹
  - Yale: jīng-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingshu
  - Palladius: цзиншу (czinšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    經書／经书
    驚輸／惊输
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ syu¹
  - Yale: gīng syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-sû
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˊ su^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ su¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-su
  - Tâi-lô: king-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengsw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-chu
  - Tâi-lô: king-tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengzw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gian¹ ze¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiaⁿ tsṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ³³/

Middle Chinese: keng|kengH syo

Rime
Character	經	經	書
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	III
Fanqie	古靈切	古定切	傷魚切
Baxter	keng	kengH	syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋ/	/keŋ^H/	/ɕɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋ/	/keŋ^H/	/ɕiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋ/	/kɛŋ^H/	/ɕiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋ/	/kɛjŋ^H/	/ɕɨə̆/
Li Rong	/keŋ/	/keŋ^H/	/ɕiɔ/
Wang Li	/kieŋ/	/kieŋ^H/	/ɕĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieŋ/	/kieŋ^H/	/ɕi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	jìng	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging¹	ging³	syu¹

Noun

經書

classic books; classic texts
1. (specifically, Confucianism) classics
2. (specifically, Buddhism) scriptures

Synonyms

(classic books): 經籍／经籍 (jīngjí), 群經／群经 (qúnjīng), (Hokkien) 經冊／经册

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “經書”, in 臺日大辭典‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
經	書

Proper noun

經書

chữ Hán form of Kinh Thư (“Classic of History”).

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