藏书室

藏書室

cángshūshì

noun #34,607

Measure Word

一间藏书室 jiān

Meanings

1 library room
2 private library (a room used to store one's book collection)
3 study with bookshelves

Characters

Examples

这位老教授家里有一间宽敞的藏书室。

Zhè wèi lǎo jiàoshòu jiā lǐ yǒu yī jiān kuānchǎng de cángshūshì.

This old professor has a spacious library room in his home.

他每天下班后都要在藏书室待上几个小时。

Tā měi tiān xiàbān hòu dōu yào zài cángshūshì dāi shàng jǐ gè xiǎoshí.

Every day after work he spends a few hours in his library.

Tips

culture

藏书室 specifically means a private home library — a room used to store and display a personal book collection. Contrast with 图书馆 (túshūguǎn, public library) and 书房 (shūfáng, study room). In classical China, scholar-officials prized their 藏书 (book collections), and many famous literary 藏书楼 (book towers) survive as historical sites today.

Stroke Order

藏 cáng

书 shū

室 shì