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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
书呆子
bookworm
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
bookworm
02
pedant
03
bookish fool
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 书呆子 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 书呆子 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 书呆子.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 书呆子.
Directly before
- 个书呆子1
- 是书呆子1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 书呆子
What does 书呆子 mean in Chinese?
书呆子 (shūdāizi) means bookworm.
How do you pronounce 书呆子?
书呆子 is pronounced shūdāizi.
Is 书呆子 an HSK word?
书呆子 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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