Word: 书 (shū)

把那两本书拿出来！

Bǎ nà liǎng běn shū ná chūlái!

Take out those two books!

搬家前，我把书捆好了。

Bānjiā qián, wǒ bǎ shū kǔn hǎole.

Before moving, I tied the books up.

搬家前要把书都打包好。

Bānjiā qián yào bǎ shū dōu dǎbāo hǎo.

Before moving, we need to pack all the books.

旧架子承载不了这些书。

Jiù jiàzi chéngzài bù liǎo zhèxiē shū.

The old shelf can't bear the weight of these books.

明天我在一家书店买书。

Míngtiān wǒ zài yìjiā shūdiàn mǎi shū.

Tomorrow I am going to the bookshop to buy books.

易经是中国很古老的书。

Yìjīng shì Zhōngguó hěn gǔlǎo de shū.

The Book of Changes is a very ancient Chinese book.

昨天我卖了两本书。

Zuótiān wǒ màile liǎng běn shū.

Yesterday I sold two books.

是我最喜欢的书之一。

Shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de shū zhīyī.

It's one of my favorite books.

有可能已经读过这本书了。

Yǒu kěnéng yǐjīng dúguo zhè běn shū le.

It is possible that you have already read this book.

朱熹的书你读过吗？

Zhū Xī de shū nǐ dúguo ma?

Have you read any of Zhu Xi's books?

李时珍写了一本药书。

Lǐ Shízhēn xiěle yìběn yào shū.

Li Shizhen wrote a book about medicine.

桌子上有本书。

Zhuōzi shàng yǒu běn shū.

There is a book on the table.

桌子上的书是谁的？

Zhuōzi shàng de shū shì shéi de?

Whose book is this on the desk?

桌子上的纸被一本书压着。

Zhuōzi shàng de zhǐ bèi yìběn shū yāzhe.

The paper on the table is pressed down by a book.

沈括写过一本有名的书。

Shěnkuò xiěguo yìběn yǒumíng de shū.

Shen Kuo wrote a famous book.

活字印刷让书变得便宜多了。

Huózìyìnshuā ràng shū biànde piányi duō le.

Movable-type printing made books much cheaper.

父亲给我买了本书。

Fùqīn gěi wǒ mǎile běn shū.

Father bought a book for me.

爸爸给我买了书。

Bàba gěi wǒ mǎile shū.

Dad bought a book for me.

由美有很多书。

Yóu měi yǒu hěn duō shū.

Yumi has many books.

秀才的手巾，包书

xiùcai de shǒujīn, bāo shū

a scholar's handkerchief: wraps books

算一算你花了多少钱买书。

Suàn yí suàn nǐ huāle duōshǎo qián mǎi shū.

Try to estimate how much you spent on books.

给宝宝取名，爷爷查了书。

Gěi bǎobao qǔmíng, yéye chále shū.

To name the baby, Grandpa looked through some books.

给我这本书。

Gěi wǒ zhè běn shū.

Give me the book.

网上订购的书明天能到吗？

Wǎngshàng dìnggòu de shū míngtiān néng dào ma?

Will the book I ordered online arrive tomorrow?

翻译这本书要花一些时间。

Fānyì zhè běn shū yào huā yìxiē shíjiān.

It would take some time for me to translate this book.

翻译那本书要多少钱？

Fānyì nà běn shū yào duōshǎo qián?

How much money will it cost to get that book translated?

老师告诉我们必须看什么书。

Lǎoshī gàosu wǒmen bìxū kàn shénme shū.

Our teacher told us what to read.

老师问我我喜欢哪本书。

Lǎoshī wèn wǒ wǒ xǐhuan nǎ běn shū.

The teacher asked me which book I liked.

苹果在书上。

Píngguǒ zài shū shàng.

The apple is on top of the book.

蒋干盗书，上了大当

Jiǎng gàn dào shū, shàng le dà dāng

Jiang Gan steals the letter: falls for a big trick

请你们不要忘了把书看看。

Qǐng nǐmen búyào wàngle bǎ shū kànkan.

Please don't forget to read the book.

请你在这本书上签名好吗？

Qǐng nǐ zài zhè běn shū shàng qiānmíng hǎo ma?

Could you please autograph this book?

请你在阅读完毕后归还此书。

Qǐng nǐ zài yuèdú wánbì hòu guīhuán cǐ shū.

Please return the book when you have finished reading it.

请你给我写一份这本书的简介。

Qǐng nǐ gěi wǒ xiě yífèn zhè běn shū de jiǎnjiè.

Please write me a summary of this book.

请在一周内退还借的书。

Qǐng zài yìzhōu nèi tuìhuán jiè de shū.

Please return the books you borrowed within a week.

请把书放在架子上。

Qǐng bǎ shū fàng zài jiàzi shàng.

Please put the book on the shelf.

请把这些书按大小排列好。

Qǐng bǎ zhèxiē shū àn dàxiǎo páiliè hǎo.

Please arrange these books in order of size.

请明天前还书。

Qǐng míngtiān qián huán shū.

Please return the book by tomorrow.

请看这本书。

Qǐng kàn zhè běn shū.

Please have a look at this book.

请翻到书的目录看一下。

Qǐng fān dào shū de mùlù kàn yíxià.

Please turn to the book's table of contents and take a look.

读万卷书，行万里路

dú wànjuàn shū, xíng wànlǐ lù

read ten thousand scrolls of books, walk ten thousand miles of road

读完这本书，请写一篇心得。

Dú wán zhè běn shū, qǐng xiě yìpiān xīndé.

After finishing this book, please write up what you learned from it.

读这本书很容易。

Dú zhè běn shū hěn róngyì.

It is easy to read this book.

读这种的书有什么用？

Dú zhèzhǒng de shū yǒu shénme yòng?

What is the good of reading such books?

边远地区的孩子也应该有书读。

Biānyuǎn dìqū de háizi yě yīnggāi yǒu shū dú.

Children in remote areas should also have books to read.

这个系列的书我都买了。

Zhège xìliè de shū wǒ dōu mǎile.

I've bought all the books in this series.

这书是谁的？

Zhè shū shì shéi de?

Whose book is this?

这五本书是我同学的。

Zhè wǔ běn shū shì wǒ tóngxué de.

These five books belong to my classmate.

这些书你从中拿一本吧。

Zhèxiē shū nǐ cóngzhōng ná yìběn ba.

Take one book from among these.

这些书和衣服都是你的。

Zhèxiē shū hé yīfu dōu shì nǐ de.

These books and clothes are all yours.

这些书是新的。

Zhèxiē shū shì xīn de.

These books are new.

这些书是给中学生看的。

Zhèxiē shū shì gěi zhōngxuéshēng kàn de.

These books are for middle-school students to read.

这些书是谁的？

Zhèxiē shū shì shéi de?

Whose books are these?

这些书架上没有很多书。

Zhèxiē shūjià shàng méiyǒu hěn duō shū.

There are not many books on these shelves.

这些书都是我的。

Zhèxiē shū dōu shì wǒ de.

All these books are mine.

这些书都没有用。

Zhèxiē shū dōu méiyǒu yòng.

None of those books are useful.

这些是图书馆的书。

Zhèxiē shì túshūguǎn de shū.

These are library books.

这些是很旧的书。

Zhèxiē shì hěn jiù de shū.

These are very old books.

这些是我的书。

Zhèxiē shì wǒ de shū.

These are my books.

这些是我的书，而那些是他的书。

Zhèxiē shì wǒ de shū, ér nèixiē shì tā de shū.

These are my books, and those are his books.

这些是谁的书？

Zhèxiē shì shéi de shū?

Whose books are these?

这位历史学家写了很多书。

Zhèwèi lìshǐxuéjiā xiěle hěn duō shū.

This historian has written many books.

这儿的书是我的。

Zhèr de shū shì wǒ de.

The books here are mine.

这句名句我在书上读过。

Zhè jù míngjù wǒ zài shū shàng dúguo.

I've read this famous line in a book.

这套书一共有五册。

Zhè tào shū yígòng yǒu wǔ cè.

This set of books has five volumes in all.

这套书是残的，缺了第二本。

Zhè tào shū shì cán de, quēle dì'èr běn.

This set of books is incomplete, as the second volume is missing.

这就是你正在找的那本书。

Zhè jiùshì nǐ zhèngzài zhǎo de nà běn shū.

This is the book which you are looking for.

这是书。

Zhè shì shū.

This is a book.

这是今年最畅销的书。

Zhè shì jīnnián zuì chàngxiāo de shū.

This is the bestselling book this year.

这是他们的书。

Zhè shì tāmen de shū.

Those are their books.

这是你的书。

Zhè shì nǐ de shū.

This is your book.

这是你的书吗？

Zhè shì nǐ de shū ma?

Is this your book?

这是你要找的书。

Zhè shì nǐ yào zhǎo de shū.

This is the book which you are looking for.

这是她的书。

Zhè shì tā de shū.

This is her book.

这是她读过最有趣的书。

Zhè shì tā dúguo zuì yǒuqù de shū.

This was the most interesting book that she had ever read.

这是我的书。

Zhè shì wǒ de shū.

This is my book.

这是我看过最好看的书。

Zhè shì wǒ kànguo zuì hǎokàn de shū.

This is the best book I've ever read.

这是我看过的最好看的书。

Zhè shì wǒ kànguo de zuì hǎokàn de shū.

This is the best book that I've ever read.

这是我读过的最好的书。

Zhè shì wǒ dúguo de zuìhǎo de shū.

This is the best book that I've ever read.

这是是图书馆的书吗？

Zhè shì shì túshūguǎn de shū ma?

Are these library books?

这是本值得一看的书。

Zhè shì běn zhíde yí kàn de shū.

This is a book to read.

这是本关于星星的书。

Zhè shì běn guānyú xīngxing de shū.

This is a book about stars.

这是本对儿童有益的书。

Zhè shì běn duì értóng yǒuyì de shū.

This is a good book for children to read.

这是本很旧的书。

Zhè shì běn hěn jiù de shū.

This is a very old book.

这是本有趣的书，不是吗？

Zhè shì běn yǒuqù de shū, bú shì ma?

This is an interesting book, isn't it?

这是本汉语书。

Zhè shì běn Hànyǔ shū.

This is a Chinese language book.

这是谁的书？

Zhè shì shéi de shū?

Whose book is this?

这本书一点也不有趣。

Zhè běn shū yìdiǎn yě bù yǒuqù.

This book isn't interesting at all.

这本书一百零八块钱。

Zhè běn shū yìbǎi líng bā kuài qián.

This book costs one hundred and eight yuan.

这本书不值得一读。

Zhè běn shū bù zhíde yì dú.

This book isn't worth reading.

这本书不是我的。

Zhè běn shū bú shì wǒ de.

This book isn't mine.

这本书不是给年轻读者看的。

Zhè běn shū bú shì gěi niánqīng dúzhě kàn de.

These books are not fit for young readers.

这本书专门讲汉语熟语。

Zhè běn shū zhuānmén jiǎng Hànyǔ shúyǔ.

This book is devoted to Chinese idioms.

这本书什么时候发行？

Zhè běn shū shénme shíhou fāxíng?

When will this book be published?

这本书他们读起来够简单了。

Zhè běn shū tāmen dú qǐlai gòu jiǎndānle.

This book is easy enough for them to read.

这本书会对你有很大的用处。

Zhè běn shū huì duì nǐ yǒu hěn dà de yòngchu.

This book will be of great use to you.

这本书会对我们有很大用处。

Zhè běn shū huì duì wǒmen yǒu hěn dà yòngchu.

This book will be of great use to us.

这本书值得一看。

Zhè běn shū zhíde yí kàn.

This book is worth reading.

这本书值得再看一遍。

Zhè běn shū zhíde zài kàn yíbiàn.

This book is worth reading again.

这本书值得读两遍。

Zhè běn shū zhíde dú liǎng biàn.

This book is worth reading twice.