教材
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
教材 (jiàocái) · textbook
教材 (jiàocái) means “textbook; teaching material”. It is written with 2 characters: 教 (to teach) + 材 (timber). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 教材 is built
The characters
教 jiāo · to teach
What 教 is made of
- 孝xiào — filial piety
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 耂lǎo — old
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 孝 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
材 cái · timber
What 材 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 才cái — ability
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 亅 — hook
- 扌shǒu — hand
Origin hint: 木 gives the meaning, 才 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这本教材很好用。Zhè běn jiàocái hěn hǎoyòng.This textbook is very useful.
你们用什么教材？Nǐmen yòng shénme jiàocái?What teaching materials do you use?
Questions about 教材
What does 教材 mean?
教材 (jiàocái) means “textbook; teaching material”.
How do you pronounce 教材?
教材 is pronounced jiàocái.
Which HSK level is 教材?
教材 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 教师jiàoshīteacher
- 教室jiàoshìclassroom
- 教学jiàoxuéteaching
- 教育jiàoyùeducation
- 教练jiàoliàncoach
- 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for advice
- 教授jiàoshòuprofessor
- 教训jiàoxunlesson
- 教养jiàoyǎngupbringing
Learn 教材 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 63: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.