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開本

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Mandarin · pinyin kāi běn

book format based on how a full printing sheet is cut or folded (often abbreviated to 開 kāi after a numeral, e.g. 16-kai and 32-kai, roughly A4 and A5 respectively)

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–3 · kai1 ben3

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noun

(printing) dimensions of a book

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