HSK 5 · Education

教材 jiàocái “teaching material” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 教材 means

  1. teaching material

Measure word 本 běn · 一本教材 yì běn jiàocái

How to say 教材

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale教jiào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale材cái2nd tone, rising

教材 in a sentence

  1. 我们有必要为上这门课买本教材吗？

    Wǒmen yǒu bìyào wèi shàng zhè mén kè mǎi běn jiàocái ma?

    Do we need to buy a textbook for this class?

    Sentence #8969819 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 教材 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 教 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
教jiàoto teach; to instruct
  • 孝filial piety · xiàoSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 孝 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

The character 材 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
材cáimaterial
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 才ability · cáiSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with cái.

How to write 教材

教 11 strokes · 材 7 strokes

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

Words related to 教材

Words with 教

教室jiàoshì · classroom教jiāo · teach教授jiàoshòu · professor教育jiàoyù · to educate教练jiàoliàn · instructor教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing宗教zōngjiào · religion

Words with 材

材料cáiliào · (raw) material身材shēncái · stature题材tícái · subject matter器材qìcái · equipment

More words: Education & Learning

地理dìlǐ · geography辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance化学huàxué · chemistry讲座jiǎngzuò · lecture经典jīngdiǎn · classic课程kèchéng · course朗读lǎngdú · to read aloud录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)

FAQs

教材 (jiàocái) means “teaching material”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiàocái: jiào with a 4th tone, then cái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 教材 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 本 (běn). For example, one teaching material is 一本教材 (yì běn jiàocái).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaocai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 教材 from the suggestions. Typing jiaocai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
教材 is an HSK 5 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.