běn
roots or stems of plants
origin
source
this
the current
root
foundation
basis
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
originally
jī běn
basic
fundamental
main
elementary
běn wén
this text
article
the main body of a book
běn rén
the person himself
I (humble form used in speeches)
oneself
myself
in person
personal
běn yuè
this month
the current month
Rì běn rén
Japanese person or people
gēn běn
fundamental
basic
root
simply
absolutely (not)
(not) at all
CL:個|个[ge4]
běn lái
original
originally
at first
it goes without saying
of course
chéng běn
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
Gē běn hā gēn
Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
kāi běn
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16开 format is roughly A4)
abbr. to 開|开[kai1]
Běn zhōu
Honshū, the main island of Japan
quán běn
whole edition
whole performance (of Chinese opera)
biāo běn
specimen
sample
the root cause and symptoms of a disease
běn yì
original idea
real intention
etymon
bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo
laptop
notebook (computer)
CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
běn wèi
standard
one's own department or unit
Xióng běn
Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan
běn tǐ
main part
torso
the thing in itself
noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
běn nián dù
this year
the current year
zhì běn
to take radical measures
to get to the root (of a problem etc)
jī běn gōng
basic skills
fundamentals
dú běn
reader
an instructional book
bǐ jì běn
notebook (stationery)
CL:本[ben3]
notebook (computing)
běn lǐng
skill
ability
capability
CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
duì běn
(a return) equal to the capital
100 percent profit
Shān běn
Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
běn zhì
essence
nature
innate character
intrinsic quality
běn jì
biographic sketch of an emperor
Lǐ sī běn
Lisbon, capital of Portugal
běn xìng
natural instincts
nature
inherent quality
lán běn
blueprint
source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
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