本
Meaning
běn ben3
- root
- stem
- origin
- source
- this
- the current
- original
- inherent
- originally
- classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
Example sentences
- I cannot do without this dictionary even for a single day.
- She wrote 5 novels in 5 years.
- Do you have a book written in English?
- He read a book written in English.
HSK words with 本 · 24 of 33
- 本子běnzibook
- 课本kèběntextbook
- 笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook (stationery)
- 根本gēnběnfundamental
- 本来běnláioriginal
- 基本jīběnbasic
- 基本上jīběnshangbasically
- 本事běnshìsource material
- 本领běnlǐngskill
- 本科běnkēundergraduate course
- 本人běnrénI; me; myself
- 剧本jùběnscript for play, opera, movie etc
- 成本chéngběn(manufacturing, production etc) costs
- 资本zīběncapital (economics)
- 本身běnshēnitself
- 本地běndìlocal
- 本质běnzhìessence
- 本土běntǔone's native country
- 本期běnqīthe current period
- 原本yuánběnoriginally
- 版本bǎnběnversion
- 样本yàngběnsample; specimen
- 本能běnnénginstinct
- 本性běnxìngnatural instincts