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本质 běnzhì

本质 běnzhì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 本质 běnzhì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
běnzhì | ben3 zhi4
English translation
essence
nature
innate character
intrinsic quality

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Traditional form

本質

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 本质 běnzhì

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běn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

木一

Number of Strokes

5
zhì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of zhì . Origin unclear. The traditional component jīn was removed for simplification.

Phonetic compound

shí

Semantic compound

Bèi

Positional decomposition

hǎn 十贝

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 本质 běnzhì

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这个 zhè ge 想法 xiǎng fǎ de 出发点 chū fā diǎn shì hǎo de 但是 dànshì 条理 tiáolǐ 混乱 hùnluàn 而且 érqiě 本质 běnzhì shǎng shì 错误 cuòwù de

The thinking is good-hearted, but muddled and fundamentally unsound.

虽然 suīrán 地税 dì shuì zài 细节 xìjié shǎng 复杂 fùzá 要命 yàomìng dàn zài 本质 běnzhì shǎng què hěn 简单 jiǎndān

Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple.

luō jiù 偏见 piānjiàn de 本质 běnzhì jiǎng le 一番 hěn 精辟 jīng pì 的话 de huà

Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.

有人 yǒu rén 可能 kěnéng 认为 rènwéi 抽烟 chōuyān Cóng 本质 běnzhì shǎng shuì jiù 具有 jù yǒu 成瘾性

One could argue that smoking, by its very nature, is addictive.

本质 běnzhì Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 本质 běnzhì and their own compounds.

本质 běnzhì Compounds

See all 14 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 本质 běnzhì in their composition.

  • běn
    • , bèn , běn , , pēn , , , , , , , ,
  • zhì
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