本 běn

1. běn measure word measure word for books
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CCD 2 '本' 5; FE '本' 4; Guoyu '本' n 7; HSK 268 '本' 1)
2. běn pronoun this (city, week, etc)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Also classified as a determiner (CCD '本' 8; FE '本' 6; GHDC '本' 9; HSK 269 '本' 2).
3. běn adverb originally; formerly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 本来 (CCD '本' 6; FE '本' 3; GHDC '本' 6; HSK 267 '本' 3; Guoyu '本' adv; Kroll 2015 '本' 3a, p. 14)
4. běn verb to be one's own
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '本' 7; FE '本' 6; GHDC '本' 4; HSK 269 '本' 1; Kroll 2015 '本' 4, p. 14)
5. běn noun origin; source; root; foundation; basis
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 本原 (CCD '本' 3; FE '本' 2; GHDC '本' 2; Guoyu '本' n 2; Kroll 2015 '本' 3, p. 14)
6. běn noun the roots of a plant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 草木 (CCD '本' 1; FE '本' 1; GHDC '本' 1; Guoyu '本' n 1; Kroll 2015 '本' 2, p. 14)
7. běn pronoun self
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 自己 (Guoyu '本' pronoun)
8. běn measure word measure word for flowering plants
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CCD '本' 2)
9. běn noun capital
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 本金 (CCD '本' 4; GHDC '本' 7; HSK 268 '本' 2; Guoyu '本' n 3; Kroll 2015 '本' 6, p. 14)
10. běn adjective main; central; primary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 主要的 (CCD '本' 5; Guoyu '本' adj 1)
11. běn verb according to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '本' 9; GHDC '本' 10; Guoyu '本' v)
12. běn noun a version; an edition
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 版本 (CCD 2 '本' 2; GHDC '本' 12; Kroll 2015 '本' 5, p. 14)
13. běn noun a memorial [presented to the emperor]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 奏本 (CCD 2 '本' 2; GHDC '本' 14; Guoyu '本' n 6)
14. běn noun a book
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 书籍 (CCD 2 '本' 1; GHDC '本' 11; Guoyu '本' n 4; HSK 268 '本' 1)
15. běn noun trunk of a tree
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 1, p. 14)
16. běn verb to investigate the root of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 2a, p. 14)
17. běn noun a manuscript for a play
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 5)
18. běn proper noun Ben
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 8)

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• 一本 one copy ; common origin ; to completely rely on
• 文本 text
• 日本柳莺(日本柳鶯) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)
• 考本 to take a relevant exam for a certificate (e.g. driving test, licence etc)
• 宫本(宮本) Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
• 本那比市 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• 全本 whole edition; whole performance (of Chinese opera)
• 本科 undergraduate course ; formal courses ; courses that one has studied
• 机会成本(機會成本) opportunity cost
• 足本 unabridged edition; complete book
• 基本科学(基本科學) basic sciences
• 日本沼虾(日本沼蝦) oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense)
• 保本 to break even
• 本位主义(本位主義) selfish departmentalism; departmental selfishness
• 江山易改，本性难移(江山易改，本性難移) it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character; you can't change who you are
• 治本 to take radical measures; to get at the root
• 日本学(日本學) Japanology
• 日本猕猴(日本獼猴) Japanese macaque
• 抄本 a handwritten copy
• 基本完成 fundamentally complete; basically finished
• 本体论(本體論) ontology
• 归本(歸本) return capital ; return to the source
• 缩编本(縮編本) abridged edition
• 日本竹筷 disposable chopsticks
• 本金 capital; principal
• 根本法 fundamental law; body of basic laws
• 卖本事(賣本事) to flaunt a skill; to give display to one's ability; to show off a feat; to vaunt one's tricks
• 本底调查(本底調查) background investigation
• 复本(複本) copy
• 禾本目 Poales
• 本心 original intent ; conscience ; original mind
• 木本植物 a woody plant
• 日本海 Sea of Japan
• 赔本(賠本) loss
• 裙带资本主义(裙帶資本主義) crony capitalism
• 特本 a turban
• 本征值(本徵值) eigenvalue
• 课本(課本) textbook
• 文本批评(文本批評) textual criticism
• 本部 headquarters; head office

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文本信息检索 、 叔本华 、 平装本 、 本溪满族自治县 、 日本国志 、 梵本 、 本业 、 桥本龙太郎 、 日本航空 、 本记 、 文本框

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