"book" meaning in Chinese

See book in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pʊk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pʊk̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: buk¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], būk [Cantonese, Yale], buk⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bug¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English book. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|book}} English book Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} book
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to book; to reserve Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, colloquial Synonyms: Related terms: booking

Download JSON data for book meaning in Chinese (1.4kB)

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