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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• 天然本地 natural background
• 边际成本(邊際成本) marginal cost
• 本意 original idea; real intention; etymon
• 归本(歸本) return capital ; return to the source
• 传本(傳本) edition (of a book) currently in circulation
• 袖珍本 pocket book; paperback
• 日本学(日本學) Japanology
• 写本(寫本) manuscript; handwritten copy
• 正型标本(正型標本) holotype
• 本处 here; this place ; here; this place ; native place; hometown
• 本事 ability; skill ; source material ; this matter ; a tale; a story; a plot in a play or song
• 本岛(本島) main island
• 禾本科 Poaceae
• 文本 text
• 基本上 basically; on the whole
• 木本植物 a woody plant
• 课本(課本) textbook
• 本位主义(本位主義) selfish departmentalism; departmental selfishness
• 本体(本體) the thing in itself; noumenon ; the main part ; ontology; a naming system
• 本位 standard; one's own department or unit
• 日本歌鸲(日本歌鴝) Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)
• 本金 capital; principal
• 缀字课本(綴字課本) spelling book
• 人之初，性本善 man at birth is fundamentally good in nature
• 本地管理界面 LMI / local management interface (telecommunications)
• 文本编辑器 a text editor ; text editor
• 本底调查(本底調查) background investigation
• 家家有本难念的经(家家有本難念的經) Every family goes through its problems.
• 基本点(基本點) basis point
• 基本功 basic skills; fundamentals
• 本源 origin; source ; the source of a river
• 简写本(簡寫本) abridged edition
• 抄本 a handwritten copy
• 本经(本經) classic book; sutra
• 历史成本(歷史成本) historic cost
• 低成本 low cost; inexpensive
• 资本主义(資本主義) capitalism
• 够本(夠本) to break even; to get one's money's worth
• 日本天皇 Emperor of Japan
• 译本(譯本) a version of a translation

Also contained in

东日本 、 本溪满族自治县 、 文本检索 、 大日本帝国 、 高本汉 、 桥本龙太郎 、 日本经济新闻 、 平装本 、 超文本传输协议 、 本本 、 日本航空

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