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百科全书

bǎikēquánshū

encyclopaedia

HSK 7 · Topic “Study and knowledge”
A row of thick matching volumes on a shelf, one open
Memory picture

Characters in this word

百 bǎi

Strokes
6
Radical
白 — white
Made of
一 one 白 white
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

科 kē

Strokes
9
Radical
禾 — cereal, grain, rice
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 斗 to struggle, to fight, to contend
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

全 quán

Strokes
6
Radical
入 — to enter, to come in
Made of
入 to enter, to come in 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

书 shū

Strokes
4
Radical
丨 — vertical stroke
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这套百科全书虽然年代久远，但仍保留了许多珍贵的手绘插图。 Zhè tào bǎikē quánshū suīrán niándài jiǔyuǎn, dàn réng bǎoliú le xǔduō zhēnguì de shǒuhuì chātú. Although this set of encyclopaedias is old, it still preserves many valuable hand-drawn illustrations.
  • 图书馆里有一整排百科全书，孩子们常来翻阅。 Túshūguǎn lǐ yǒu yì zhěng pái bǎikē quánshū, háizimen cháng lái fānyuè. The library has a whole row of encyclopaedias, and children often come to leaf through them.
  • 他知道得真多，简直是一本活的百科全书。 Tā zhīdào de zhēn duō, jiǎnzhí shì yì běn huó de bǎikē quánshū. He knows so much, he is practically a living encyclopaedia.

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