本
事

Source material in Chinese: 本事 (běn shì)

běn shì

source material

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1source material
  2. 2original story

Stroke order

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本
事

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄣˇ

běn

ㄅ/ bㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他很有本事，什么都会做。

    tā hěn yǒu běn shì， shén me dōu huì zuò。

    He is very capable and can do everything.

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Related words

本

běn

root

事

shì

matter

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

本来

běn lái

original

本科

běn kē

undergraduate course

本领

běn lǐng

skill

本质

běn zhì

essence

从事

cóng shì

to go for

根本

gēn běn

fundamental

基本

jī běn

basic

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