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)

Contained in

• 本尼迪 Benedictus
• 日本刀 Japanese sword; katana
• 按本分 to mind your own business
• 日本柳莺(日本柳鶯) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)
• 祕本 a valuable rare book ; a book that is valuable to its owner
• 本士 pence; penny
• 本田 Honda
• 本国人(本國人) natives of one's own country
• 本日 today
• 交粮本(交糧本) to hand in one's ration cards; to die
• 基本教育 basic education
• 随本消息(隨本消息) along with the rise and fall
• 副本 duplicate; copy; transcript
• 本生灯(本生燈) Bunsen burner
• 认缴资本(認繳資本) subscribed capital
• 日本学(日本學) Japanology
• 日本米酒 Japanese rice wine; sake
• 写本(寫本) manuscript; handwritten copy
• 强本弱枝(強本弱枝) to strengthen the core and weaken the branches
• 袖珍本 pocket book; paperback
• 本案 the case being heard
• 本支 roots and branches; father and sons
• 缀字课本(綴字課本) spelling book
• 大本营(大本營) headquarters; base camp
• 巾箱本 cloth bound edition
• 绘本(繪本) picture book
• 残本(殘本) extant fragment (of book)
• 平行文本 parallel text
• 以本人名 under one's own name; named after oneself
• 刊本 edition ; to print and publish
• 影本 a photographic edition ; an exact handwritten copy
• 笔记本(筆記本) notebook computer; laptop ; notebook
• 手抄本 manuscript
• 将相本无种(將相本無種) generals and ministers are not innately different [from ordinary people]
• 唱本 a song book; text of a play; opera libretto
• 赔本(賠本) loss
• 日本原子能研究所 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• 坊刻本 commercial edition

Also contained in

记事本 、 本杰明·富兰克林 、 岑文本 、 快乐大本营 、 本地姜不辣 、 日本军国主义 、 哥本哈根 、 本拉登 、 桥本 、 本事诗 、 本溪满族自治县 、 文本框 、 约翰·本仁

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