粵

書syu1本bun2

simp书本
syu1 bun2shū běn

English

  1. book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
  2. book

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係書;寫有文字或者有圖片嘅冊子

Examples

  • 我啲書本本都借得俾你,總之你唔好整污糟就得㗎喇。

    I will lend you any book that I have, so long as you keep it clean.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 桌上有书本吗?

    Are there books on the table?

    Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY

  • 這是多古老的書本呀!

    What an old book this is!

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 他胡亂把書本放在架上。

    He put the books on the shelf out of order.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • Alice 不知道書本放了在哪裏,於是便去問母親。

    Alice, not knowing where to find the book, asked her mother where it was.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 從小開始我就很喜歡讀書,那時有的錢雖然不多,但也都全花在書本上。

    From childhood I was fond of reading, and all the little money that ever came into my hands was laid out in books.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我一打開本書就睇到停唔到。

    我一打開書本就看到停不下來。 (ngo5 jat1 daa2 hoi1 syu1 bun2 zau6 hon3 dou3 ting4 bat1 haa6 loi4.)

    I can't stop reading once I open a book.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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