【Learn Chinese】Chinese Library Vocabulary

First of all, let’s begin with the most important vocabulary word of the lesson. Here’s the Chinese word for “library:”
图书馆 (tú shū guǎn)
If you look at each character in the name, it makes perfect sense: 图 means map/chart, 书 means book, and 馆 means shop/establishment. As usual, the Chinese language pretty accurately and efficiently explains something!

You’ll need more than just one word for a trip to a library, though. Here’s some more Chinese library vocabulary for you to study:
author (作者 zuò zhě)
biography (传记 zhuàn jì)
borrow (借用 jiè yòng)
catalog (目录 mù lù)
dictionary (字典 zì diǎn)
encyclopedia (百科全书 bǎi kē quán shū)
fiction (小说 xiǎo shuō)
index (指数 zhǐ shù)
keyword (关键词 guān jiàn cí)
late fee (滞纳金 zhì nà jīn)
librarian (馆员 guǎn yuán)
library card (借书卡 jiè shū kǎ)
magazine (杂志 zá zhì)
newspaper (报纸 bào zhǐ)
non-fiction (非小说 fēi xiǎo shuō)
overdue (过期的 guò qí de)
periodical (期刊 qí kān)
publisher (出版者 chū bǎn zhě)
reference desk (咨询台 zī xún tái)
return (退还 tuì huán)
That’s a pretty solid list of vocabulary for going to libraries in China. Here are a few sample sentences where you can see some of those words in action:

你有什么样的杂志？(Nǐ yǒu shén me yàng de zá zhì) - What kind of magazines do you have?
我想借《西游记》。你有这本书吗？(Wǒ xiǎng jiè “xī yóu jì”. Nǐ yǒu zhè běn shū ma) - I’d like to borrow “Journey to the West.” Do you have this book?
打扰一下，咨询台在哪里？(dǎ rǎo yī xià, zī xún tái zài nǎ lǐ) - Excuse me, where is the reference desk?
我需要将这本书退还图书馆。(wǒ xū yào jiāng zhè běn shū tuì huán tú shū guǎn) - I need to return this book to the library.
这本书过期了。滞纳金5元。 (zhè běn shū guòqíle. Zhìnàjīn 5 yuán) - This book is overdue. The late fee is 5 yuan.