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课本

kèběn

textbook

textbook
Memory picture

Characters in this word

课 kè

Strokes
10
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 果 fruit, nut
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

本 běn

Strokes
5
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我的课本在桌子上。 Wǒ de kèběn zài zhuōzi shang. My textbook is on the table.
  • 这是你的课本吗? Zhè shì nǐ de kèběn ma? Is this your textbook?
  • 课本里有很多字。 Kèběn lǐ yǒu hěn duō zì. There are lots of characters in the textbook.
  • 谁拿了我的课本? Shéi ná le wǒ de kèběn? Who took my textbook?
  • 新课本很好看。 Xīn kèběn hěn hǎokàn. The new textbook looks very nice.
  • 桌子下有课本吗? Zhuōzi xià yǒu kèběn ma? Is there a textbook under the desk?
  • 她的课本在书包里。 Tā de kèběn zài shūbāo lǐ. Her textbook is in the schoolbag.
  • 请打开课本吧。 Qǐng dǎkāi kèběn ba. Please open the textbook.
  • 这本课本是谁的? Zhè běn kèběn shì shéi de? Whose textbook is this?
  • 老师在看课本呢。 Lǎoshī zài kàn kèběn ne. The teacher is looking at the textbook.

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