Pronunciation
本 běn
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本 běn Meaning
Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 12 English Translations of the word 本 běn .
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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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⿻木一Explanation
Addition of a horizontal line toward the bottom of 木 Mù (tree) to represent the roots of the tree.Write it!
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Example sentences using 本 běn
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这 zhè 本 běn 书 Shū 里 lǐ 所有 suǒyǒu 的 de 插图 chā tú 都 dōu 加 Jiā 贴 tiē 得 dé 不 bù 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài 都 dōu 开始 kāishǐ 脱 tuō 页 yè 了 le .
All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.
植物 zhíwù 的 de 本性 běn xìng 是 shì 向 Xiàng 上 shǎng 挺 tǐng 窜 cuàn 争取 zhēngqǔ 阳光 yángguāng .
It's the nature of plants to strain upwards to the light.
这 zhè 本书老少 lǎo shào 皆宜.
This is a book for young and old.
Words with 本 běn
Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 本 běn in their composition.
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Frequency | Simplified | Meaning | Traditional |
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本 běn | root | 本 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 |
本 běn Decomposition & Compounds
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