Chinese word

课文

Pronunciation

Pinyinkè wén

Meaning

  • nountext

Example

请把书里的课文读一遍。qǐng bǎ shū lǐ de kè wén dú yí biàn

Please read the text in the book once.

Illustration for 课文 (text)

More examples

学生在家自己看课文。xué shēng zài jiā zì jǐ kàn kè wén

The students read the text by themselves at home.

Core concept

A textbook passage treated as a small unit of classroom learning.

Common phrases

  • 看课文kàn kè wén

    read the text

  • 书里的课文shū lǐ de kè wén

    text in the book

Similar words

文章wén zhāng: A complete piece of writing with an organized topic or content.
课本kè běn: A textbook used for lessons at school.
句子jù zi: A short sentence that expresses a clear meaning.

Definition in Chinese

教科书或教材中供学生朗读、学习或练习的文章或段落。jiào kē shū huò jiào cái zhōng gōng xué shēng lǎng dú xué xí huò liàn xí de wén zhāng huò duàn luò

Word origin

The compound 课 (kè, "lesson") + 文 (wén, "written text") combines the idea of classroom learning with the text used for it.

Usage tips

  • A story, dialogue, or informational reading can all fit this word, because it describes the material's role in study rather than its literary form.

Other meanings

  • lessonnoun
  • passagenoun

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