The Chinese word 书桌 (shūzhuō, meaning "desk") is a straightforward compound noun formed by combining two meaningful characters: 书 (shū), which means "book," and 桌 (zhuō), which means "table." This construction follows a common and logical pattern in Mandarin where two related nouns are joined to create a new, more specific term—in this case, a "book table," which naturally denotes a piece of furniture designed for reading and writing. The word exemplifies how Chinese frequently builds vocabulary through semantic compounding, where the meaning of the whole is directly derived from the sum of its parts.