Chinese symbol for “sample”
样本
yàng běn
Traditional: 樣本
sample; specimen
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sample is 样本 (yàng běn), defined as: sample; specimen.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sample”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 样品 (樣品) | yàng pǐn | sample; specimen |
| 品味 | pǐn wèi | to sample; to taste; to appreciate |
| 抽样 (抽樣) | chōu yàng | sample; sampling |
| 标本 (標本) | biāo běn | specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease |
| 品尝 (品嚐) | pǐn cháng | to have a taste of; to sample |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 样本.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 这样 (這樣) | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 怎样 (怎樣) | zěn yàng | how; what kind |
| 怎么样 (怎麼樣) | zěn me yàng | how?; how about? |
| 同样 (同樣) | tóng yàng | same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too |
| 那样 (那樣) | nà yàng | that kind; that sort |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sample”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.