标本 (biāoběn) means Specimen (sample - root cause). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
博物馆里陈列着各种蝴蝶 标本 。
Bówùguǎn lǐ chénlièzhe gèzhǒng húdié biāoběn.
All sorts of butterfly specimens are displayed in the museum.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 标本
医生取了一点组织做 标本 检查。
Yīshēng qǔ le yìdiǎn zǔzhī zuò biāoběn jiǎnchá.
The doctor took a little tissue as a sample for testing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 标本
研究人员在山上采集植物 标本 。
Yánjiū rényuán zài shān shang cǎijí zhíwù biāoběn.
The researchers collected plant specimens up in the mountains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采集
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Questions about 标本
How is 标本 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 标本 (biāoběn, "Specimen (sample - root cause)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 标本 an HSK word?
Yes — 标本 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 标本?
The dictionary page for 标本 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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