HSK 6 · Media

剧本 jùběn “script (for a play or film)” in Chinese

Traditional 劇本

What 剧本 means

  1. script (for a play or film)
  2. script
  3. screenplay
  4. scenario
  5. libretto

How to say 剧本

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale剧jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale本běn3rd tone, dipping

剧本 in a sentence

  1. 今天我看了一场演出，剧本是我的一个朋友写的。

    Jīntiān wǒ kàn le yì chǎng yǎnchū, jùběn shì wǒ de yí ge péngyou xiě de.

    Today I saw a play whose script was written by a friend of mine.

    Sentence #13893814 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 总的来说，这部电影从剧本到银幕是成功的。

    Zǒng de lái shuō, zhè bù diànyǐng cóng jùběn dào yínmù shì chénggōng de.

    Overall, the film was a success from script to screen.

    Sentence #3709276 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 据说《哈姆雷特》是写出来的最有意思的剧本。

    Jùshuō 《Hāmǔléitè》 shì xiě chūlai de zuì yǒuyìsi de jùběn.

    It is said that Hamlet is the most interesting play ever written.

    Sentence #334174 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 剧本 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 剧 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
剧jùtheatrical work
  • 居to live · jīSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

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 剧本

剧 10 strokes · 本 5 strokes

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

Words related to 剧本

Words with 剧

京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera戏剧xìjù · drama加剧jiājù · to intensify急剧jíjù · sharp剧烈jùliè · violent

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

工艺品gōngyìpǐn · handicraft轰动hōngdòng · sensation节奏jiézòu · rhythm镜头jìngtóu · camera shot据悉jùxī · it is reported that刊登kāndēng · to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)刊物kānwù · publication卡通kǎtōng · cartoon

FAQs

剧本 (jùběn) means “script (for a play or film)” or “script”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jùběn: jù 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, 剧本 is written 劇本. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juben with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 剧本 from the suggestions. Typing juben into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
剧本 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.