書檯

Chinese

		book; letter	table; desk
trad. (書檯/書枱)		書	檯/枱
simp. (书台)		书	台

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syu¹ toi^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): si¹ hoi^4*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ toi^4-2
    • Yale: syū tói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ toi^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ toi^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: si¹ hoi^4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³ hᵘɔi²¹⁻²¹⁵/

Noun

書檯

1. (Cantonese) desk for reading and studying (Classifier: 張／张 c)

Synonyms

• (old-style, rectangular) 書案／书案 (shū'àn)

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)