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What 本 means

(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Ideographic: A tree 木 with its roots highlighted

Made of 木 + 一

Words with 本

• 根本gēn běnfundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
• 本来běn láioriginal; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
• 基本jī běnbasic; fundamental; main; elementary
• 原本yuán běnoriginally; original
• 本人běn rénI; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
• 基本上jī běn shangbasically; on the whole
• 本身běn shēnitself; in itself; per se
• 剧本jù běnscript; screenplay; scenario; libretto
• 本事běn shìsource material; original story
• 本事běn shiability; skill
• 本地běn dìlocal; this locality
• 样本yàng běnsample; specimen

本 in a sentence

• 我认为你的基本理论是错的。

  wǒ rèn wéi nǐ de jī běn lǐ lùn shì cuò de 。

  I think your basic theory is wrong.

• 我想您要拿到驾照根本不难。

  wǒ xiǎng nín yào ná dào jià zhào gēn běn bù nán 。

  I think you'll have very little difficulty in getting a driver's license.

• 你本来应该介绍自己的。

  nǐ běn lái yīng gāi jiè shào zì jǐ de 。

  You should have introduced yourself.

• 你可能已经看过这本书。

  nǐ kě néng yǐ jīng kàn guò zhè běn shū 。

  You may have read this book already.

• 桌子上有一本关于舞蹈的书。

  zhuō zi shàng yǒu yì běn guān yú wǔ dǎo de shū 。

  There is a book on dancing on the desk.

Characters that sound like 本

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