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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cè | ce4
English translation
book
booklet
classifier for books
book, volume, register, list

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jiōng

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

Bamboo strips jiōng tied together to form a book

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿻⿰冂冂一

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of strips of bamboo strung together. In ancient China writing was done on bamboo strips.

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zhè běn 小册子 xiǎo cè zi 使 shǐ 我们 wǒmen duì 国外 guó wài de 生活 shēnghuó 情况 qíngkuàng yǒu le 初步 chūbù 了解 liǎojiě .

The booklet initiates us into the problems of living abroad.

zài 牙医 yá yī 那里 nà li le běn 关于 guānyú 牙齿 yáchǐ 保健 bǎo jiàn de 免费 miǎnfèi 小册子 xiǎo cè zi .

I picked up a free booklet on tooth care at the dentist's.

shǎng 星期天 Xīng qī tiān 母亲 mǔqīn gěi mǎi le běn 英语 Yīng yǔ 语法 yǔfǎ 手册 shǒu cè .

Her mother bought a handbook of English grammar for her last Sunday.

现在 xiànzài fēn le 一千 duō běn 小册子 xiǎo cè zi .

Over a thousand copies of the pamphlet have now been given out.

yóu 内德已经 yǐjīng 识字 shí zì ,觉得 juéde 以前 yǐqián de 那些 nà xiē 画册 huà cè dōu tài jiān le .

Now that Ned can read he finds his early picture books too babyish.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
注册 zhùcè to register註冊
手册 shǒu cè manual手冊
book
相册 xiàng cè photo album相冊
小册子 xiǎo cè zi booklet小冊子
史册 shǐ cè annals史冊
名册 míng cè register名冊
宣传册 xuān chuán cè flyer宣傳冊
画册 huà cè picture album畫冊
册子 cè zi a book冊子
册封 cè fēng to dub冊封
注册表 zhù cè biǎo Windows registry注冊表
分册 fēn cè fascicule分冊
账册 zhàng cè a ledger賬冊
集邮册 jí yóu cè stamp album集郵冊

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Decomposition

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