HSK Guide

笔记本筆記本 bǐjìběnnotebook (for writing in)

bǐjìběn (third tone, dipping)bi3ji4ben3

Traditional: 筆記本

notebook (for writing in)

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Meanings

  1. notebook (for writing in)

    A blank book you write notes in. 本 by itself is the classifier for bound volumes; 笔记本 is the object.

    noun
  2. laptop (short for 笔记本电脑)

    noun

    Which of the two is meant is settled by the verb: you 写 in one and 用 the other. In a shop 笔记本 is nearly always the computer.

Character breakdown

  • (fourth tone, falling)

    to record, to write down; to remember, to bear in mind; a note, an account; a mark

    5 strokes⿰讠己Radical

Example sentences

  • 我的笔记本在桌子上。我的筆記本在桌子上。 (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) bǐjìběn (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) zhuōzi (first tone, high and level) shang. (neutral tone)···

    My notebook is on the table.

  • 老师说的话,我都写在笔记本上了。老師說的話,我都寫在筆記本上了。Lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) shuō (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) huà, (fourth tone, falling) (third tone, dipping) dōu (first tone, high and level) xiě (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) bǐjìběn (third tone, dipping) shang (neutral tone) le. (neutral tone)···

    I wrote down everything the teacher said in my notebook.