Definition
课文 (kèwén) means the text or reading passage that is part of a lesson in a textbook. 课本 (kèběn) is the physical textbook itself — you read a 课文 from a 课本.
noun
text (in a textbook or lesson)
Measure word · 篇
Examples
- 课文。Jīntiān wǒmen xuéxí yì piān xīn de kè wén.Today we are studying a new text.
- 课文。Nǐ dú yíxià zhè piān kè wén.Read this text for a moment.
- 课文。Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen xiě yì piān kè wén.The teacher asked us to write a text.
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