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Information of 本

Pinyin běn
Radical
Strokes
5 strokes
Usage
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Definition
roots or stems of plants / origin / source / this / the current / root / foundation / basis / (a measure word)
本 [běn] 名词 (Noun) 1. 草木的根:The root of a plant. - 例: 无~之木 (A tree without roots.) 2. 事物的根源,与“末”相对:The source of something, in contrast to "末." - 例: 根~ (The root; fundamentally; essentially.) 3. 草的茎,树的干:The stem of grass, the trunk of a tree. - 例: 草~植物 (Grass stem plants.) 4. 中心的,主要的:Central, primary. - 例: ~部 (Main part.) ~体 (Main body.) 5. 原来:Originally. - 例: ~来 (Originally.) 6. 自己这方面的:On one's own side. - 例: ~国 (One's own country.) ~身 (Oneself.) ~位 (Position.) 引申义 (Derived Meanings) 1. 同本义: [En.] Root of a plant. 2. 本宗族: [En.] Patriarchal clan. 3. 事物的根基或主体: [En.] Foundation; basis; origin. 4. 母金,本钱: [En.] Capital; principal. 5. 根源,本源: [En.] Source; origin. 6. 古代指农业生产: [En.] Agriculture. 7. 底本: [En.] A copy for the record or for reproduction; master copy. 8. 奏章: [En.] Memorial to an emperor. 9. 书册,本子: [En.] Book. 形容词 (Adjective) 1. 原来的;本来的: [En.] Native; original. - 例: 本处 (Original place.) 本贯 (Original lineage.) 2. 基础的,基本的: [En.] Basic; fundamental. - 例: 本纪 (Fundamental chronicle.) 动词 (Verb) 1. 执掌,统辖: [En.] Preside over; hold. - 例: 本司 (The office in charge.) 本次 (This instance.) 2. 推究,推原: [En.] Examine; study. - 例: 本原 (To trace back; to investigate.) 代词 (Pronoun) 1. 自己或自己方面的: [En.] One's own; itself. - 例: 本姓 (Original surname.) 2. 现今的: [En.] Current; this; present. - 例: 本月 (This month.) 3. 这,那: [En.] This. - 例: 本法 (This law.) 量词 (Measure Word) 1. 用于书籍簿册: Used for books and notebooks. - 例: 一本书 (One book.) 2. 用于植物: Used for plants. - 例: 二十本葱 (Twenty stalks of green onion.) 副词 (Adverb) 原先,本来: [En.] Originally; at first. - 例: 臣本布衣 (I was originally a commoner.)
yuán běn
originally / original
kě biàn zī běn
variable capital
bù biàn zī běn
constant capital
kěn shū běn
Gnaw books
Gē běn hā gēn
Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
jī běn
basic / fundamental / main / elementary
běn tǔ
one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory
lǒng duàn zī běn
monopoly capital / monopolistic capital
běn lěi
home base / home plate (in baseball)
jī běn shang
basically / on the whole
Mò ěr běn
Melbourne, Australia
gòu běn
to break even / to get one's money's worth
zòu běn
Komoto
biàn běn jiā lì
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify
běn háng zhèng qū yù
This administrative area
zī běn jiā
capitalist
běn jiè
current / this year
huò bì zī běn
money capital
běn shuài
This handsome
běn dū shuài
This superintendent
kè běn
block printed edition
jù běn
script for play, opera, movie etc / screenplay / scenario
fù běn
copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance
běn kān
this newspaper / our publication
bù xī gōng běn
at all costs / not to count the cost
chéng běn
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
chāo běn
handwritten copy
shǒu chāo běn
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
běn bào
this newspaper
tà běn
rubbing of inscription
Input Method for 本
Pinyin ben3
Wubi
sgd
Cangjie
dm
Zhengma
favv
Four Corner
50230
Unicode
U+672c
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