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笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement
⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
毛fur · máo
Memory aidBamboo ⺮ with hair 毛: a brush, a pen.
记jìto record
讠speech form of 言 · yán
己self · jǐ
Memory aidSpeech 讠 with 己 (jǐ) for the sound: to note down, to remember.
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 笔记本
笔 10 strokes · 记 5 strokes · 本 5 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 笔记本 (bǐjìběn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
笔记本 (bǐjìběn) means “notebook” or “notebook (stationery)”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it bǐjìběn: bǐ with a 3rd tone, then jì with a 4th 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, 笔记本 is written 筆記本. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bijiben with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 笔记本 from the suggestions. Typing bijiben into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
笔记本 is an HSK 3 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.
笔bǐ3rd tone, dipping
记jì4th tone, falling
