HSK 6 · Media

版本 bǎnběn “version” in Chinese

Said as bánběn

Same in Traditional

What 版本 means

  1. version
  2. edition
  3. release

How to say 版本

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale版bǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale本běn3rd tone, dipping

Said as bánběn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

版本 in a sentence

  1. 第一还是第二的版本比较齐全？

    Dìyī háishi dì'èr de bǎnběn bǐjiào qíquán?

    Which is more complete, the first edition or the second?

    Sentence #1424311 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我更偏向于这个版本。

    Wǒ gèng piānxiàng yú zhè ge bǎnběn.

    I prefer this version.

    Sentence #10557501 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 此输入法也适用于这个版本。

    Cǐ shūrùfǎ yě shìyòng yú zhè ge bǎnběn.

    This input method also works with this version.

    Sentence #772381 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 版本 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 版 (bǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
版bǎna register
  • 片slice · piànMeaning part
  • 反reverse · fǎnSound part

片 hints at the meaning (slice); 反 (fǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎn.

The character 本 (běn) with each of its parts in a different colour
本běnroot; stem
  • 木tree · mù
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA tree 木 with a mark 一 on its roots: root, origin.

How to write 版本

版 8 strokes · 本 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

版本 (bǎnběn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 版本 (bǎnběn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 版本

Words with 版

出版chūbǎn · to publish

Words with 本

本běn · measure word for books本子běnzi · book课本kèběn · textbook笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook本来běnlái · original根本gēnběn · (not) at all本科běnkē · undergraduate course本领běnlǐng · skill本质běnzhì · essence基本jīběn · basic

More words: Media & Arts

乐器yuèqì · musical instrument展览zhǎnlǎn · to put on display字幕zìmù · caption作品zuòpǐn · work (of art)扮演bànyǎn · to play the role of曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)标题biāotí · title布告bùgào · notice

FAQs

版本 (bǎnběn) means “version” or “edition”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǎnběn: bǎn with a 3rd tone, then běn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like bánběn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 版本 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type banben with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 版本 from the suggestions. Typing banben into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
版本 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.