本

Root in Chinese: 本 (běn)

běn

root

HSK 12 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1root
  2. 2stem
  3. 3origin
  4. 4source
  5. 5this
  6. 6the current
  7. 7original
  8. 8inherent
  9. 9originally
  10. 10classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Stroke order

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本

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄣˇ

běn

ㄅ/ bㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 本 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 拿本书读！

    ná běn shū dú！

    Take a book and read it.

  • 这是日本。

    zhè shì rì běn。

    Here is Japan.

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Related words

本来

běn lái

original

本科

běn kē

undergraduate course

本领

běn lǐng

skill

本质

běn zhì

essence

根本

gēn běn

fundamental

基本

jī běn

basic

本子

běn zi

book

课本

kè běn

textbook

本事

běn shì

source material

本人

běn rén

I

成本

chéng běn

(manufacturing, production etc) costs

剧本

jù běn

script for play, opera, movie etc

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