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教科書

教科書

See also: 敎科書 and 教科书

Chinese

		subject; course; discipline	book; letter
trad. (教科書)		教科	書
simp. (教科书)		教科	书

Noun

教科書

textbook (Classifier: 本)

Synonyms

課本／课本 (kèběn)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
教	科	書
きょう Grade: 2	か Grade: 2	しょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Abbreviation of 教科用図書.

Noun

教科書 ‎(hiragana きょうかしょ, romaji kyōkasho)

a textbook

Descendants

Chinese: 教科書／教科书
Korean: 교과서 (gyogwaseo)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 教 (きょう)科 (か)書 (しょ) ‎(kyōkasho, “textbook”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiàokēshū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄜㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ fo¹ syu¹
Min Nan (POJ): kàu-kho-su / kàu-khe-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiàokēshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄜㄕㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawkeshu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau³ fo¹ syu¹
  - Yale: gaau fō syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ fo¹ sy¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯³³ fɔː⁵⁵ ɕyː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-kho-su
  - Tâi-lô: kàu-kho-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kao'qoisw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-khe-su
  - Tâi-lô: kàu-khe-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kao'qesw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰe⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/