Meaning of 本

  1. a measure word for books
    běn
  2. native, one's own
    běn
  3. one's own, this, present
    běn
  4. capital, money
    běn
  5. initially
    běn
  6. root
    běn
  7. notebook
    běn
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Sentence examples

三本书
sān běn shū
tree books
上本
shàng běn
volume one
写一本书
xiě yī běn shū
to write a book
这本书
zhè běn shū
this book
我本是中国人
wǒ běn shì zhōngguórén
I am Chinese
我本是中国人
wǒ běn shì zhōngguórén
I am Chinese
本不完全如此
běn bùwánquán rúcǐ
not quite so
我本不想去
wǒ běn bùxiǎng qù
actually, I didn't want to go
我本不想去
wǒ běn bùxiǎng qù
actually, I didn't want to go
本不完全如此
běn bùwánquán rúcǐ
not quite so
本局
běn jú
this bureau
本工厂
běn gōngchǎng
this factory
本省
běnshěng
this province
本公司
běn gōngsī
our company
他的本金很多
tā de běnjīn hěnduō
he has a lot of capital
本小利薄
běn xiǎolì báo
with small capital interest is also low
亏本
kuīběn
to lose money in business
还本付息
huánběn fùxī
to repay capital with interest
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