Chinese Word Entry

集部
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): jí bù
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap6 bou6
Definitions:
  1. non-canonical text

  2. Chinese literary work not included in official classics

  3. apocryphal


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Chinese characters used in this word

gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock, assemble, collect together
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧˊ (jí)
Cantonese: zaap6
Japanese: シュウ (shuu)、 ジュウ (juu) / あつ.まる (atsumaru)、 あつ.める (atsumeru)、 つど.う (tsudou)
Korean: 집 (jib)
Vietnamese: tập
Variants
Semantic variant form:

section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine, division
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄨˋ (bù), ㄆㄡˇ (pǒu)
Cantonese: bou6
Japanese: ブ (bu)、 ホ (ho)、 ホウ (hou) / -べ (-be)、 わける (wakeru)、 すべる (suberu)、 つかさ (tsukasa)
Korean: 부 (bu)
Vietnamese: bộ