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标本

biāoběn

specimen; sample

A red butterfly with open wings in a flat display case
Memory picture

Characters in this word

标 biāo

Strokes
9
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 示 altar
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 标

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

  • 博物馆把这具鲸鱼骨骼制成标本,用于海洋教育。 Bówùguǎn bǎ zhè jù jīngyú gǔgé zhì chéng biāoběn, yòngyú hǎiyáng jiàoyù. The museum made the whale skeleton into a specimen for marine education.
  • 生物老师给我们看了一个蝴蝶标本。 Shēngwù lǎoshī gěi wǒmen kàn le yí ge húdié biāoběn. The biology teacher showed us a butterfly specimen.
  • 他把山上采来的叶子做成标本,夹在书里。 Tā bǎ shānshang cǎi lái de yèzi zuò chéng biāoběn, jiā zài shū lǐ. He made specimens of the leaves picked on the mountain and pressed them in a book.

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