huóbǎn

活版

Word · NounTraditional活板

movable type; movable plank

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

movable type; a printing plate composed of movable characters

formal

Specifically refers to the ancient Chinese printing technique invented by Bi Sheng during the Song Dynasty. It is a historical technical term.

Huó活
bǎn板
yìn印
shuā刷
shù术
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
gǔ古
dài代
sì四
dà大
fā发
míng明
zhī之
yī一
 。

Movable type printing is one of the Four Great Inventions of ancient China.

Zhè这
kuài块
huó活
bǎn板
xū需
yào要
chóng重
xīn新
pái排
bǎn版
 。

This movable type plate needs to be typeset again.