(shū jià) - bookcase in Mandarin
shūjiàTraditional: 書架
Translation
bookcase
Stroke order
书
架
Examples
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The bookcase is full of books.
木。
This bookcase is made of wood.
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I put the new books on the bookcase.
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There's a table next to the bookcase.
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There are two bookcases in the room.
书架 (shūjià) is a "bookcase" or "bookshelf": 书 (shū) means "book" and 架 (jià) means "shelf, rack, frame". It is the piece of furniture, not the books themselves.
You will find a 书架 (shūjià) in a 书房 (shūfáng), "study", a bedroom, or a school classroom. The same character 架 (jià) turns up in other pieces of furniture built around a frame, like 衣架 (yījià), "coat hanger" or "clothes rack".
Note the difference from 图书馆 (túshūguǎn), "library", a whole building or room of shelves; a 书架 (shūjià) is just one unit of storage, however many books it happens to hold.
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