How would you say “from" or "using" as in “to study from" or “using” something in Mandarin Chinese?
If I wanted to say, "I studied from a book", or, "I studied using a book", how would I express "from" or "using" in this sense in Chinese?

Question

How would you say “from" or "using" as in “to study from" or “using” something  in Mandarin Chinese?
If I wanted to say, "I studied from a book", or, "I studied using a book", how would I express "from" or "using" in this sense in Chinese?

Answer

I studied from a book. 我从书中学到了......means i get knowledge or skills through reading a book. in chinese "from" always used as 通过，从。

I studied using a book.  i can not exactly understand the sentence. do you mean how to use a book?like a dictionary? in chinese "use" is 使用，用。

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I would say 我用书学习 (wo yong shu xue xi). You use 用 to express the "use" or from" in that sentence

我 (wo) - I
用 (yong) - used
书 (shu) - book
学习 (xue xi) - study

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