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脚本 (jiǎo běn) — script (for a play, film, or television show); script (computer program code); scenario (for a game, training, or simulation)

Definition

脚本 means 'script' across three domains: a written script for film/TV/theater, source code (a program file), or a designed scenario for games and training.

noun
script (for a play, film, or television show)script (computer program code)scenario (for a game, training, or simulation)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 脚本。
    Tā zhèng zài xiě yí gè xīn diàn yǐng de jiǎo běn.
    He is writing a script for a new movie.
  • 脚本Python。
    Zhè ge jiǎo běn shì yòng Python xiě de.
    This script is written in Python.
  • 脚本。
    Yóu xì de jiǎo běn shè jì dé hěn jīng cǎi.
    The game's scenario is designed very well.

Origin

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.

脚jiǎorole
本běnbook

脚 can mean role, and 本 means book, so a role book is a script.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 腳; 脚 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat, body
Sound part声符shēngfú
卻
卻què腳jiǎo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 腳 uses ⺼ for a body part and 卻 for the sound; the simplified 脚 is a later shorthand.

Open 脚 →

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.

Open 本 →
Appears in
Computers & InternetFilm & Theater

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