Chinese symbol for “specimen”
标本
biāo běn
Traditional: 標本
specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease
The closest CC-CEDICT match for specimen is 标本 (biāo běn), defined as: specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “specimen”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 标本.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 标准 (標準) | biāo zhǔn | standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard |
| 标志 (標誌) | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 指标 (指標) | zhǐ biāo | (production) target; quota; index; indicator |
| 标题 (標題) | biāo tí | title; heading |
| 标签 (標籤) | biāo qiān | label; tag |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
See also: Japanese symbol for “specimen”.
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.