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Pinyin
běn
Definition
roots or stems of plants / origin / source / this / the current / root / foundation / basis / (a measure word)
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.
Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
basic / fundamental / main / elementary
one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory
monopoly capital / monopolistic capital
home base / home plate (in baseball)
to break even / to get one's money's worth
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
script for play, opera, movie etc / screenplay / scenario
copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance
this newspaper / our publication
at all costs / not to count the cost
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
novel written in the style of script for telling-story
facsimile / transcription / copy / an exact copy of the original
this month / the current month
the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental
at the same level / at the corresponding level
fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4]
itself / in itself / per se
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
version / edition / release
the person himself / I (humble form used in speeches) / oneself / myself / in person / personal
undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive)
essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality
specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
fundamentality / essentiality / ultimacy
bureaucrat capital / bureaucratic capital
官 僚 资 本 主 义 guān liáo zī běn zhǔ yì
bureaucrat capitalism
Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
to trace sth back to its origin
Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan
notebook (stationery) / CL:本[ben3] / notebook (computing)
elementary particle (particle physics)
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
capital stock / investment
laptop / notebook (computer) / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
collection of various editions
Fujimoto (Japanese surname)
translation (translated version of a text)
should have / ought to have
桥 本 龙 太 郎 Qiáo běn Lóng tài láng
HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth)
skill / ability / capability / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]