歌本 (gē běn) — songbook | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

songbook

Measure word · 本

歌本。
Zhè běn gē běn shì wǒ zuì xǐ huan de.
This songbook is my favorite.
歌本。
Tā měi tiān ná zhe gē běn liàn xí chàng gē.
He practices singing with his songbook every day.
歌本。
Nà běn gē běn yǐ jīng yòng le hěn duō nián le.
That songbook has been used for many years.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

歌 means song and 本 means book, a book of songs.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

哥欠歌

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

哥

Same sound today

The shape 歌 uses 哥 for the sound and 欠, meaning blow. It came from a form of 哥 used for singing.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.