Are there books on the table?
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
书本
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 书本 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 书本 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
What an old book this is!
He put the books on the shelf out of order.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 书本.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 书本.
Directly before
- 把书本2
- 的书本1
- 了解书本1
- 知道书本1
- 打开书本1
Directly after
- 书本的2
- 书本放在2
- 书本呀1
- 书本放1
- 书本吗1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 书本
What does 书本 mean in Chinese?
书本 (shūběn) means book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general).
How do you pronounce 书本?
书本 is pronounced shūběn.
Is 书本 an HSK word?
书本 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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