笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook
How to remember 笔记本: 笔 pen + 记 remember + 本 source = notebook.
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How it is used
- A notebook to write in - 记在笔记本上 (jì zài bǐjìběn shàng) write it in the notebook.
- Also short for laptop: 笔记本电脑 (bǐjìběn diànnǎo), often just 笔记本 in context. 本 here is 'volume/booklet', the same 本 used as its measure word: 一本笔记本.
Example sentences
- 我买了很多笔记本。 Wǒ mǎi le hěnduō bǐjìběn.I bought many notebooks.
- 我没带笔记本。 Wǒ méi dài bǐjìběn.I didn't bring my notebook.
- 他把这记在他的笔记本上。 Tā bǎ zhèjì zài tā de bǐjìběn shàng.He wrote it down in his notebook.