Chinese word dictionary

课本

kèběn · textbook; CL:本[ben3]

Practice word

Word information

Simplified课本

Traditional課本

Pinyinkèběn

Part of speech名

HSK 3.03

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

课kè

subject, lesson, course; classwork

本běn

root, origin, source; basis

How to learn 课本

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

本běn

(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

课kè

subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination

上课shàngkè

to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class

本běn

root; stem; origin; source; this

下课xiàkè

to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired

本子běnzi

book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; CL:本[ben3]; edition