HSK 6 · Science

标本 biāoběn “specimen” in Chinese

Traditional 標本

What 标本 means

  1. specimen
  2. sample
  3. the root cause and symptoms of a disease

How to say 标本

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale标biāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale本běn3rd tone, dipping

标本 in a sentence

  1. 博物馆里有很多蝴蝶标本。

    Bówùguǎn lǐ yǒu hěn duō húdié biāoběn.

    The museum has lots of butterfly specimens.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 医生取了一些血液标本去化验。

    Yīshēng qǔ le yìxiē xuèyè biāoběn qù huàyàn.

    The doctor took some blood samples to be tested.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 标本 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 标 (biāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
标biāomark
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 示sign · shì

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 票 (piào) hints at the sound. Compare it with biāo.

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 标本

标 9 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.

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

Words related to 标本

Words with 标

标准biāozhǔn · standard标点biāodiǎn · punctuation鼠标shǔbiāo · mouse (computing)标志biāozhì · sign目标mùbiāo · target商标shāngbiāo · trademark招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders标题biāotí · title标记biāojì · mark指标zhǐbiāo · indicator

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: Science & Technology

预报yùbào · forecast注册zhùcè · to register饱和bǎohé · saturated备份bèifèn · to back up操作cāozuò · to operate测量cèliáng · to measure沉淀chéndiàn · to settle创新chuàngxīn · innovation

FAQs

标本 (biāoběn) means “specimen” or “sample”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biāoběn: biāo with a 1st tone, then běn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 标本 is written 標本. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaoben with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 标本 from the suggestions. Typing biaoben into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
标本 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.