本
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
běn ben3
- root
- stem
- origin
- source
- this
- the current
- original
- inherent
- originally
- classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
Example sentences
HSK words with 本 · 24 of 33
- 本子 běnzi book
- 课本 kèběn textbook
- 笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook (stationery)
- 根本 gēnběn fundamental
- 本来 běnlái original
- 基本 jīběn basic
- 基本上 jīběnshang basically
- 本事 běnshì source material
- 本领 běnlǐng skill
- 本科 běnkē undergraduate course
- 本人 běnrén I; me; myself
- 剧本 jùběn script for play, opera, movie etc
- 成本 chéngběn (manufacturing, production etc) costs
- 资本 zīběn capital (economics)
- 本身 běnshēn itself
- 本地 běndì local
- 本质 běnzhì essence
- 本土 běntǔ one's native country
- 本期 běnqī the current period
- 原本 yuánběn originally
- 版本 bǎnběn version
- 样本 yàngběn sample; specimen
- 本能 běnnéng instinct
- 本性 běnxìng natural instincts
Measure word for · 16 of 24
- 书 shū book
- 地图 dìtú map
- 本子 běnzi book
- 课本 kèběn textbook
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel
- 笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook (stationery)
- 护照 hùzhào passport
- 笔记 bǐjì to take down (in writing)
- 字典 zìdiǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters)
- 词典 cídiǎn dictionary
- 杂志 zázhì magazine
- 教材 jiàocái teaching material
- 日记 rìjì diary
- 日历 rìlì calendar
- 诗歌 shīgē poem
- 辞典 cídiǎn dictionary (variant of 词典)