How to say “textbook” in Chinese
textbook, teaching materials
“Textbook” in Chinese is 教材, jiào cái: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
教材 is read jiào cái: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
In 教室 it is read jiào.
On the left, 木 “tree, wood”; on the right, 才 cái hints at the sound.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “教材”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 教材. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 这套教材一共有四册。zhètàojiàocáiyígòngyǒusìcèThis textbook set has four volumes in all.
- 这本教材是王教授编写的zhèběnjiàocáishìWángjiàoshòubiānxiědeThis textbook was compiled by Professor Wang.
- 这本教材的内容太枯燥了zhèběnjiàocáidenèiróngtàikūzàoleThe content of this textbook is too dry.
- 教材的内容应该贴近生活jiàocáidenèiróngyīnggāitiējìnshēnghuóA textbook's content should be close to real life.
More words from the lesson “Textbooks and levels”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “textbook” in Chinese?
“Textbook” in Chinese is 教材, pinyin jiàocái.
What does 教材 mean?
教材 (jiàocái) means “textbook, teaching materials”.
How do you write 教材?
教材 is 2 characters: 教 (jiāo) — teach; 材 (cái) — material. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 教材?
教材 is read jiàocái. Tones: jiào — fourth tone, cái — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“textbook” in the lesson “Textbooks and levels”
This word is from the topic “Studying and student life” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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