全书 (quán shū) — the entire book; the whole work; a comprehensiv…

Definition

noun

the entire bookthe whole worka comprehensive volume

Measure word · 本

全书。
Wǒ huā le sān gè yuè cái dú wán zhè bù quán shū.
It took me three months to finish reading this entire book.
全书。
Zhè tào quán shū gòng yǒu yì qiān duō yè.
This complete set of books has over a thousand pages in total.
全书。
Zhè bù cí diǎn de quán shū nèi róng fēi cháng fēng fù.
The content of this dictionary's entire volume is very rich.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全 (whole) combines with 书 (book) to mean the entire book or comprehensive volume.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 書; 书 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

聿聿yùwriting brush

Sound part声符shēngfú

者

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 書 uses 聿, a writing brush, and 者 for its sound; the simplified 书 is a later shorthand.

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