寫字桌

Chinese

		to write characters; to practice calligraphy	table
trad. (寫字桌)		寫字	桌
simp. (写字桌)		写字	桌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiězìzhuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄗˋ ㄓㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² zi⁶ coek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siá-lī-toh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiězìzhuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄗˋ ㄓㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siězìhjhuo
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-tzŭ⁴-cho¹
    • Yale: syě-dz̀-jwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieetzyhjuo
    • Palladius: сецзычжо (seczyčžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² zi⁶ coek³
    • Yale: sé jih cheuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² dzi⁶ tsoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² ji⁶ cêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡siː²² t͡sʰœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-lī-toh
    • Tâi-lô: siá-lī-toh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaflixdoiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ toʔ³²/

Noun

寫字桌

1. writing desk

Synonyms

• 寫字檯／写字台 (xiězìtái)

Dialectal synonyms of 書桌 (“desk for reading and studying”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		書桌
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	書桌兒
	Taiwan	書桌
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	書桌
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	書桌
Cantonese	Guangzhou	書檯
	Hong Kong	書檯
	Taishan	書檯
Hakka	Meixian	書桌
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	書桌仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	書桌仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	書桌
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	書桌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	書桌仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	書桌
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	書桌
Huizhou	Jixi	書桌
Northern Min	Jian'ou	書桌
Southern Min	Xiamen	寫字桌
	Tainan	讀冊桌, 冊桌仔 GT, 寫字桌仔 GT
	Haikou	書案床
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	寫字床
Wu	Shanghai	書桌, 案檯, 書畫桌
	Ningbo	書桌
	Jinhua	書桌
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)