秘書

In premodern China, originally the title for a government position in charge of reports to the throne, and imperial correspondence and directives.

秘書

1. secretary (person who does clerical work) (Classifier: 名 m)
2. (historical) title for an official in charge of reports to the throne as well as imperial correspondence and directives

   • 謹以二尺黃紙寫上，請事平，以本簡書及所新寫並付祕書繕寫，藏之中經，副在三閣。
     谨以二尺黄纸写上，请事平，以本简书及所新写并付秘书缮写，藏之中经，副在三阁。

     From: c. 280s, the preface to The Travels of Mu, Son of Heaven written by Xun Xu, translated by Cheng Te-k’un

     Jǐn yǐ èr chǐ huáng zhǐ xiě shàng, qǐng shì píng, yǐ běn jiǎnshū jí suǒ xīn xiě bìng fù bìshū shànxiě, cáng zhī zhōngjīng, fù zài sāngé.

     Therefore, Your Majesty’s servant has carefully translated the old text on yellow sheets of paper two feet in size, and begs that when at leisure, Your Majesty will order the court secretary to copy it out together with the original text and store it up to the third hall as one of the Middle Classics.

• (Tokyo) ひしょ (Atamadaka – )
• (Tokyo) ひしょ (Odaka – ) non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
• IPA^(key):

秘(ひ)書(しょ) • (hisho) 

1. secretary (person keeping records and handling clerical work)

秘書 • (biseo) (hangeul 비서)

1. alternative spelling of 祕書

秘書

1. chữ Hán form of bí thư (“secretary”)