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běn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
běn | ben3
English translation
roots or stems of plants
origin
source
this
the current
root
foundation
basis
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
originally
root, origin, source; basis

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About běn

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

běn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

A tree  with its roots highlighted

Etymology of běn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

木一

Explanation

Addition of a horizontal line toward the bottom of (tree) to represent the roots of the tree.

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Example sentences using běn

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zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

植物 zhíwù de 本性 běn xìng shì Xiàng shǎng tǐng cuàn 争取 zhēngqǔ 阳光 yángguāng .

It's the nature of plants to strain upwards to the light.

zhè 本书老少 lǎo shào 皆宜.

This is a book for young and old.

qǐng běn Shū 递给 hǎo ?

Will you have the kindness to hand me that book?

zhè běn 小册子 xiǎo cè zi 使 shǐ 我们 wǒmen duì 国外 guó wài de 生活 shēnghuó 情况 qíngkuàng yǒu le 初步 chūbù 了解 liǎojiě .

The booklet initiates us into the problems of living abroad.

Words with běn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
běn root běn
根本 gēnběn basic根本 gēnběn
日本 Rì běn Japan日本 Rì běn
本来 běnlái original本來
基本 jīběn basic基本 jīběn
成本 chéngběn (manufacturing, production etc) costs成本 chéngběn
本身 běnshēn itself本身 běnshēn
本人 běnrén oneself本人 běnrén
资本 zīběn capital (economics)資本
原本 yuán běn originally原本 yuán běn
剧本 jùběn screenplay劇本
本地 běn dì local本地 běn dì
基本上 jī běn shang basically基本上 jī běn shang
笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook (stationery)筆記本
样本 yàng běn sample樣本
版本 bǎnběn version版本 bǎnběn
本事 běnshì source material本事 běnshì
本质 běnzhì essence本質
本月 běn yuè this month本月 běn yuè
本届 běn jiè current本屆
本文 běn wén this text本文 běn wén
资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì capitalism資本主義
本能 běnnéng instinct本能 běnnéng
本土 běn tǔ native本土 běn tǔ
本性 běn xìng nature本性 běn xìng

běn Decomposition & Compounds

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běn Decomposition

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běn Compounds

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