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Textbook in Chinese

textbook · HSK 3

课本 kè běn

  1. 课 kè class
  2. 本 běn root

Counted with 本: 一本课本 yì běn kèběn

我今天忘了带课本。 I forgot to bring my textbook today.

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More words with 课 or 本

How do you say textbook in Chinese?

Textbook in Chinese is 课本 (kè běn). You can also say 教材 (jiào cái).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

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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