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Meaning of 本

Pinyin běn

Radical

木

Strokes

Definition

roots or stems of plants / origin / source / this / the current / root / foundation / basis / (a measure word)

Usage

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本 [běn] 名 (Noun) 1. 草木的根。[En.] The root of a plant. 例: 无～之木。[En.] A tree without roots. 2. 事物的根源，与“末”相对。[En.] The source of things, opposite of "end." 例: 根～。[En.] Root and essence; fundamentally. 3. 草的茎，树的干。[En.] The stem of grass, trunk of a tree. 例: 草～植物。[En.] Herbaceous plants. 4. 中心的，主要的。[En.] Central, primary. 例: ～部。[En.] Main department. 5. 原来。[En.] Originally. 例: ～来。[En.] Originally. 6. 自己这方面的。[En.] One's own aspect. 例: ～国。[En.] Home country. 本 [běn] 形 (Adjective) 1. 原来的;本来的。[En.] Native; original. 例: 本处。[En.] Native place. 2. 基础的，基本的。[En.] Basic; fundamental. 例: 本纪。[En.] Fundamental chronicle. 本 [běn] 动 (Verb) 1. 执掌，统辖。[En.] Preside over; hold. 例: 本司。[En.] The relevant department. 2. 推究，推原。[En.] Examine; study. 例: 本原。[En.] To trace back. 本 [běn] 代 (Pronoun) 1. 自己或自己方面的。[En.] One's own; itself. 例: 本宅。[En.] Own residence. 2. 现今的。[En.] Current; this; present. 例: 本日。[En.] Today. 3. 这，那。[En.] This. 例: 本山。[En.] This mountain. 本 [běn] 量 (Measure word) 1. 用于书籍簿册。[En.] Used for books and volumes. 例: 一本书。[En.] A book. 2. 用于植物。[En.] Used for plants. 例: 二十本葱。[En.] Twenty bunches of green onions. 本 [běn] 副 (Adverb) 原先，本来。[En.] Originally; at first. 例: 本在冀州之南。[En.] Originally in the south of Jizhou.

原本 yuán běn

originally / original

可变资本 kě biàn zī běn

variable capital

不变资本 bù biàn zī běn

constant capital

啃书本 kěn shū běn

Gnaw books

哥本哈根 Gē běn hā gēn

Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark

基本 jī běn

basic / fundamental / main / elementary

本土 běn tǔ

one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory

垄断资本 lǒng duàn zī běn

monopoly capital / monopolistic capital

本垒 běn lěi

home base / home plate (in baseball)

基本上 jī běn shang

basically / on the whole

墨尔本 Mò ěr běn

Melbourne, Australia

够本 gòu běn

to break even / to get one's money's worth

奏本 zòu běn

Komoto

变本加厉 biàn běn jiā lì

lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify

本行政区域 běn háng zhèng qū yù

This administrative area

资本家 zī běn jiā

capitalist

本届 běn jiè

current / this year

货币资本 huò bì zī běn

money capital

本帅 běn shuài

This handsome

本督帅 běn dū shuài

This superintendent

刻本 kè běn

block printed edition

剧本 jù běn

script for play, opera, movie etc / screenplay / scenario

副本 fù běn

copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance

本刊 běn kān

this newspaper / our publication

不惜工本 bù xī gōng běn

at all costs / not to count the cost

成本 chéng běn

(manufacturing, production etc) costs

抄本 chāo běn

handwritten copy

手抄本 shǒu chāo běn

manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)

本报 běn bào

this newspaper

拓本 tà běn

rubbing of inscription

拟话本 nǐ huà běn

novel written in the style of script for telling-story

日本 Rì běn

Japan / Japanese

摹本 mó běn

facsimile / transcription / copy / an exact copy of the original

本月 běn yuè

this month / the current month

本末 běn mò

the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental

资本 zī běn

capital (economics)

本级 běn jí

at the same level / at the corresponding level

根本 gēn běn

fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4]

本身 běn shēn

itself / in itself / per se

本来 běn lái

original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course

版本 bǎn běn

version / edition / release

本人 běn rén

the person himself / I (humble form used in speeches) / oneself / myself / in person / personal

本次 běn cì

this time

本科 běn kē

undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive)

本地 běn dì

local / this locality

本质 běn zhì

essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality

标本 biāo běn

specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease

本栏 běn lán

This column

根本性 gēn běn xìng

fundamentality / essentiality / ultimacy

草本植物 cǎo běn zhí wù

herbaceous plant

官僚资本 guān liáo zī běn

bureaucrat capital / bureaucratic capital

官僚资本主义 guān liáo zī běn zhǔ yì

bureaucrat capitalism

本科段 běn kē duàn

Undergraduate

母本 mǔ běn

dam / female parent

本溪市 Běn xī shì

Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China

追本溯源 zhuī běn sù yuán

to trace sth back to its origin

熊本 Xióng běn

Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan

本版 běn bǎn

This edition

基本矛盾 jī běn máo dùn

basic contradiction

本书 běn shū

this book

亏本 kuī běn

to make a loss

本章 běn zhāng

this chapter

本笃会 Běn dǔ huì

the Benedictines

笔记本 bǐ jì běn

notebook (stationery) / CL:本[ben3] / notebook (computing)

基本粒子 jī běn lì zǐ

elementary particle (particle physics)

本草纲目 Běn cǎo Gāng mù

Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]

绢本 juàn běn

silk scroll

股本 gǔ běn

capital stock / investment

笔记本电脑 bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo

laptop / notebook (computer) / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]

脚本 jiǎo běn

script

资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì

capitalism

本世纪 běn shì jì

present century

草本 cǎo běn

grass / herb

布莱克本 Bù lái kè běn

Blackburn

大本营 dà běn yíng

headquarters / base camp

蓝本 lán běn

blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based

百衲本 bǎi nà běn

collection of various editions

藤本 Téng běn

Fujimoto (Japanese surname)

藤本植物 téng běn zhí wù

vine plant

蚀本 shí běn

lose one's capital

译本 yì běn

translation (translated version of a text)

中译本 zhōng yì běn

Chinese translation

本该 běn gāi

should have / ought to have

课本 kè běn

textbook / CL:本[ben3]

赔本 péi běn

loss / to sustain losses

本轮 běn lún

epicycle

桥本龙太郎 Qiáo běn Lóng tài láng

HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998

本钱 běn qián

capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth)

本领 běn lǐng

skill / ability / capability / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]

驾驶本 jià shǐ běn

Driving book