thư sinh
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰɨ˧˧ sïŋ˧˧/
Central
/tʰɨ˧˥ ʂïn˧˥/
Southern
/tʰɨ˧˧ ʂɨn˧˧/
Listen
scholar-like
Adjective
scholar-like
2 senses
2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Meaning
2 senses
Adjective
Sense 1
Adjective
scholar-like
Properties & States
Describing someone who is attractively pale and slender, resembling a traditional student of ancient studies.
vi Cậu thanh niên đó có gương mặt rất thư sinh.
en That young man has a very scholarly look.
Noun
Sense 2
Noun
scholar
A male student who traditionally studied Chinese characters and scriptures and appeared poor and frail.
vi Anh ta có dáng dấp của một thư sinh nho nhã.
en He has the appearance of a graceful scholar.
Parts
thư / sinh / 書生
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Parts
thư / sinh / 書生
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
書生
Candidates by syllable
thư
書
sinh
生
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
scholar
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Similar
scholar
Use
bạch diện thư sinh / thư viện / thư giãn / thư điện tử …
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Use
bạch diện thư sinh / thư viện / thư giãn / thư điện tử …