标本 biāoběn▶ mẫu vật; bản demo

Stroke order

标本 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 标 — 9 strokes
• 本 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. specimen; sample
2. the root cause and symptoms of a disease

Related words

• 剧本Kịch bản
• 商标nhãn hiệu
• 成本chi phí
• 招标kêu gọi đấu thầu
• 指标chỉ số; mục lục
• 本事Kỹ năng

标本 is pronounced biāoběn and means “mẫu vật; bản demo”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 标本 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.