Usage note
教材表示学校用来学习的书。
jiào cái biǎo shì xué xiào yòng lái xué xí de shū。
教材 means a textbook used for study.
Context note
教材常用于学校、课程和学习。
jiào cái cháng yòng yú xué xiào 、 kè chéng hé xué xí。
It is often used with school, courses, and study.
5 examples
老师发了新教材。
lǎo shī fā le xīn jiào cái。
The teacher handed out new textbooks.
教材很重要。
jiào cái hěn zhòng yào。
Textbooks are very important.
请打开教材第一页。
qǐng dǎ kāi jiào cái dì yī yè。
Please open to the first page of the textbook.
这套教材很适合初学者。
zhè tào jiào cái hěn shì hé chū xué zhě。
This set of textbooks is suitable for beginners.
教材里的例子很清楚。
jiào cái lǐ de lì zǐ hěn qīng chǔ。
The examples in the textbook are very clear.
5 mini stories
开学前，学校发了教材。
kāi xué qián， xué xiào fā le jiào cái。
Before the school year started, the school distributed textbooks.
老师让大家先看教材。
lǎo shī ràng dà jiā xiān kàn jiào cái。
The teacher asked everyone to read the textbook first.
他们根据教材做练习。
tā men gēn jù jiào cái zuò liàn xí。
They did exercises based on the textbook.
这本教材的内容很实用。
zhè běn jiào cái de nèi róng hěn shí yòng。
The content of this textbook is very practical.
教材帮助学生更好地学习。
jiào cái bāng zhù xué shēng gèng hǎo dì xué xí。
Textbooks help students learn better.
Mini dialogue
新教材
A
你的中文教材是新的吗？
Nǐ de Zhōngwén jiàocái shì xīn de ma?
Is your Chinese textbook new?
B
是的，这本教材很有趣。
Shì de, zhè běn jiàocái hěn yǒuqù.
Yes, this textbook is very interesting.
借教材
A
我可以借你的数学教材吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ jiè nǐ de shùxué jiàocái ma?
Can I borrow your math textbook?
B
当然可以，给你。
Dāngrán kěyǐ, gěi nǐ.
Of course, here you are.
Related words and contrasts
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课本
kèběn
textbook
A common synonym for textbook used in school.
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教科书
jiàokēshū
textbook
Formal term for textbook, literally 'teaching subject book'.
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练习册
liànxí cè
workbook
A book for exercises, often used alongside a textbook.