本 běn
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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) -
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). -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
běn
pronoun
self
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 自己 (Guoyu '本' pronoun) -
běn
measure word
measure word for flowering plants
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (CCD '本' 2) -
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) -
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) -
běn
verb
according to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '本' 9; GHDC '本' 10; Guoyu '本' v) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
běn
noun
trunk of a tree
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 1, p. 14) -
běn
verb
to investigate the root of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 2a, p. 14) -
běn
noun
a manuscript for a play
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 5) -
běn
proper noun
Ben
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 8)
Contained in
- 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
Also contained in
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
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 713
- 卷三 秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 644
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 608
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 528
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 498
- 卷八 齊一 Chapter 8: Qi I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 463
- 卷五 秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 446
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 439
- 卷六 秦四 Chapter 6: Qin IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 438
- 卷二十一 趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 405