抄本 (chāo běn) — hand-copied book; manuscript (handwritten copy)

Definition

Examples

• 图书馆里有很多古代的抄本。
  Tú shū guǎn lǐ yǒu hěn duō gǔ dài de chāo běn.
  There are many ancient hand-copied books in the library.
• 这本抄本是明代书法家写的。
  Zhè běn chāo běn shì míng dài shū fǎ jiā xiě de.
  This manuscript was written by a Ming dynasty calligrapher.
• 他花了很多时间研究这部抄本。
  Tā huā le hěn duō shí jiān yán jiū zhè bù chāo běn.
  He spent a lot of time studying this hand-copied book.