# 書房
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shūfáng
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄈㄤˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фуфон (fufon, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-fòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chu-pâng / su-pâng / chir-pâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ze$^1$ bang$^5$ / zu$^1$ bang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$sy-vaon$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shūfáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄈㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shufáng
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^1$-fang$^2$
*** Yale: shū-fáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shufarng
*** Palladius: шуфан (šufan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фуфон (fufon, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /fou²⁴ fɑŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: syū fóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-fòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: su$^ˊ$ fong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^1$ fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /su²⁴ foŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-pâng
*** Tâi-lô: tsu-pâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zu'paang
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-pâng
*** Tâi-lô: su-pâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: su'paang
*** IPA (Yilan): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-pâng
*** Tâi-lô: tsir-pâng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ paŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ze$^1$ bang$^5$ / zu$^1$ bang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ pâng / tsu pâng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡su³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$sy-vaon$_6$
*** MiniDict: sy$^平$ vaon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$sr-vaan$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ vɑ̃²¹/

### Noun

書房
* study (room) (Classifier: 間／间 m c)
* bookstore (Classifier: 間／间 m)
* (Dungan) library

#### Usage notes

In Chinese, the common word for study (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is 書房／书房 (shūfáng); its 雅稱／雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is 書齋／书斋 (shūzhāi) or 文房 (wénfáng).

#### Synonyms

* (study):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 書房, 書齋, 文房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 書房 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 書房 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 書房 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 書房 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 書房 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 書房 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 書房 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 書房 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 冊房 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冊房 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 書間 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 冊房 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 寫字房 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書房 |
* (library):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圖書館 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 圖書館, 圖兒館 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 圖書館 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 圖書館 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 書房, библиотека |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 圖書館, 拉把, 拉記 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 圖書館 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 圖書館 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 圖書館 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 圖書館 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 圖書館 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 圖書館 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 圖書館 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 圖書館 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 讀冊館, 圖書館 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 圖書館 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 圖書館 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 書房(しょぼう) (shobō)
* → Korean: 서방(書房) (seobang)
* → Vietnamese: thư phòng (書房)

### References

* Duffus, William (1883) “study”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 258

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 書 | 房 |
| しょ Grade: 2 | ぼう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

書(しょ)房(ぼう) • (shobō)
* study (room)
* bookshop