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样本

yàngběn

sample; specimen

Scientist examining samples in a laboratory
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Characters in this word

样 yàng

Strokes
10
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 羊 sheep, goat
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 样

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

  • 研究者扩大样本规模,是为了避免少数极端案例扭曲整体结论。 Yánjiūzhě kuòdà yàngběn guīmó, shì wèile bìmiǎn shǎoshù jíduān ànlì niǔqū zhěngtǐ jiélùn. The researchers expanded the sample size to prevent a few extreme cases from distorting the overall conclusion.
  • 调查抽取了五千个样本,结果很有代表性。 Diàochá chōuqǔ le wǔqiān ge yàngběn, jiéguǒ hěn yǒu dàibiǎoxìng. The survey drew five thousand samples, and the results are quite representative.
  • 医生从病人身上取了样本送去化验。 Yīshēng cóng bìngrén shēnshang qǔ le yàngběn sòng qù huàyàn. The doctor took a specimen from the patient and sent it for testing.

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