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E-book in Chinese

e-book · HSK 3

电子书 diàn zǐ shū

  1. 电 diàn electricity
  2. 子 zǐ son
  3. 书 shū book

Counted with 本: 一本电子书 yì běn diànzǐshū

我习惯在手机上看电子书。 I usually read e-books on my phone.

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How do you say e-book in Chinese?

E-book in Chinese is 电子书 (diàn zǐ shū).

Which word should I use?

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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