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Information of 本

Pinyin běn

Radical

木

Strokes

5 strokes

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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.)

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