Chinese word

册

Pronunciation

Pinyincè

Meaning

  • measure wordvolume

Example

我买了三册书。wǒ mǎi le sān cè shū

I bought three books.

Illustration for 册 (volume)

More examples

这套辞典共有二十册。zhè tào cí diǎn gòng yǒu èr shí cè

This set of dictionaries has twenty volumes.

Core concept

A bound unit of reading material, from a slim booklet to one volume in a larger work.

Common phrases

  • 三册书sān cè shū

    three books

  • 一册画册yí cè huà cè

    one art album

  • 两册词典liǎng cè cí diǎn

    two dictionaries

Similar words

本běn: A measure word for an individual book or dictionary as a complete bound work.
部bù: A measure word for a novel, movie, or machine considered as one complete unit.
期qī: A measure word for each issue or numbered installment in a magazine or newspaper.
篇piān: A measure word for one article, research paper, essay, or other written composition.

Definition in Chinese

书籍的量词，指一本或若干本成册的书，亦可用于小册子、手册等装订成册的物件。shū jí de liàng cí zhǐ yì běn huò ruò gān běn chéng cè de shū yì kě yòng yú xiǎo cè zi shǒu cè děng zhuāng dìng chéng cè de wù jiàn

Word origin

册 (cè, "volume") originally depicted bamboo slips tied together, and its measure-word sense grew from counting a bound set of written material.

Usage tips

  • This classifier highlights a book's physical division into bound parts, so it is useful when a work comes in several separate volumes.

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