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

• 本命年 year of one's birth sign
• 日本鹡鸰(日本鶺鴒) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
• 基本工资(基本工資) basic wage
• 够本(夠本) to break even; to get one's money's worth
• 资本(資本) capital ; an asset
• 标本虫(標本蟲) spider beetle
• 本义(本義) original meaning; literal sense
• 平行文本 parallel text
• 本心 original intent ; conscience
• 账本(賬本) account book
• 本领(本領) skill; ability; capability ; originally; fundamentally
• 善本 rare book
• 追本溯源 to trace something back to its origin
• 基本教育 basic education
• 一本初衷 according to original intention
• 本影 umbra
• 本位 standard; one's own department or unit
• 留言本 guestbook
• 巾箱本 cloth bound edition
• 银本位(銀本位) Silver Standard (monetary standard)
• 本籍 native place; ancestral home
• 本本分分 decorous; respectable
• 拓本 a rubbing of an inscription
• 本征值(本徵值) eigenvalue
• 基本笔画(基本筆畫) fundamental stroke
• 日本莽草 Chinese anise; Japanese star anise
• 正常成本 normal cost
• 本身 itself; oneself
• 本能 instinct
• 正型标本(正型標本) holotype
• 慈悲为本(慈悲為本) mercy as the guiding principle; the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
• 本案 the case being heard
• 藤本植物 vine plant
• 本论(本論) this book; main part of this book
• 杉本 Sugimoto (Japanese surname)
• 标本(標本) primary cause and symptoms ; specimen; sample ; reality and appearance
• 本地人 native person (of a country)
• 副本 duplicate; copy; transcript
• 缩印本(縮印本) compact edition (of a dictionary etc)
• 扳本儿(扳本兒) to recoup losses (in gambling)
• 本垒(本壘) home base; home plate (in baseball)

Also contained in

墨巴本 、 熊本 、 大日本帝国 、 本溪满族自治县 、 本州 、 日本军国主义 、 岑文本 、 文本信息检索 、 本杰明·富兰克林 、 敦煌写本

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