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本

běn

root, origin, source; basis

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Example sentences

  • 他是本地人。

    Tā shì běn dì rén

    He is a local.

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  • 这是日本。

    Zhè shì Rì běn

    Here is Japan.

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  • 看这本书。

    Kàn zhè běn shū

    Read this book.

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  • 这本书小。

    Zhè běn shū xiǎo

    This book is small.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 本

  • 本běn 3root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
  • 本子běn zi 3–5book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition
  • 课本kè běn 4–3 textbook
  • 笔记本bǐ jì běn 3–4–3notebook (stationery); notebook (computing)
  • 根本gēn běn 1–3 fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
  • 本来běn lái 3–2 original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
  • 基本jī běn 1–3 basic; fundamental; main; elementary
  • 基本上jī běn shang 1–3–5basically; on the whole
  • 本事běn shì 3–4 source material; original story
  • 本领běn lǐng 3–3 → 2–3skill; ability; capability
  • 本科běn kē 3–1 undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)
  • 本人běn rén 3–2 I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned