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本 běn root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
Results beginning with 本
本地 běn dì local / this locality
本文 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book
本人 běn rén I / me / myself / oneself / yourself / himself / herself / the person concerned
本来 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
本身 běn shēn itself / in itself / per se
本周 běn zhōu this week
本科 běn kē undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive)
本月 běn yuè this month / the current month
本报 běn bào this newspaper
本日 běn rì today
本质 běn zhì essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality
本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory
本事 běn shi ability / skill
本事 běn shì source material / original story
本市 běn shì this city / our city
本能 běn néng instinct
本着 běn zhe based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
本届 běn jiè current / this year
本本 běn běn notebook computer (diminutive) / laptop
本田 Běn tián Honda (Japanese name)
本领 běn lǐng skill / ability / capability / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
本色 běn sè inherent qualities / natural qualities / distinctive character / true qualities
本色 běn shǎi natural color
本期 běn qī the current period / this term (usually in finance)
本性 běn xìng natural instincts / nature / inherent quality
本国 běn guó one's own country
本部 běn bù headquarters / head office
本应 běn yīng should have / ought to have
本职 běn zhí one's job
本意 běn yì original idea / real intention / etymon
本钱 běn qián capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth)
本体 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
本子 běn zi book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition
本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role
本金 běn jīn capital / principal
本溪 Běn xī Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China
本草 běn cǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
本题 běn tí the subject under discussion / the point at issue
本名 běn míng original name / real name / personal name
本行 běn háng one's line / one's own profession
本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit
本息 běn xī principal and interest (on a loan)
本岛 běn dǎo main island
本源 běn yuán origin / source
本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name
本纪 běn jì biographic sketch of an emperor
本义 běn yì original meaning / literal sense
本份 běn fèn one's duty
本台 běn tái this radio station
本乡 běn xiāng home village / one's native place
本朝 běn cháo the current dynasty
本州 Běn zhōu Honshū, the main island of Japan
本票 běn piào cashier's check / promissory note
本币 běn bì local currency / our own currency / abbr. for 本位貨幣|本位货币
本末 běn mò the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental
本影 běn yǐng umbra
本垒 běn lěi home base / home plate (in baseball)
本埠 běn bù this city / this town
本处 běn chù here / this place
本茨 Běn cí Benz (name) / Karl Benz (1844-1929), motor car pioneer
本德 běn dé Bend,
本底 běn dǐ background
本俸 běn fèng basic salary
本经 běn jīng classic book / sutra
本就 běn jiù by nature / fundamentally / inherently
本利 běn lì principal and interest / capital and profit
本士 běn shì (loanword) pence / penny
本我 běn wǒ id / the self
本相 běn xiàng original form
本业 běn yè business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying) / original business / core business / (literary) agriculture
本字 běn zì original form of a Chinese character
本罪 běn zuì actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
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本科生 běn kē shēng undergraduate student
本年度 běn nián dù this year / the current year
本质上 běn zhì shàng essentially / inherent
本地化 běn dì huà localization / adaptation (to foreign environment)
本土化 běn tǔ huà to localize / localization
本地人 běn dì rén native person (of a country)
本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
本拉登 Běn Lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
本体论 běn tǐ lùn ontology
本垒打 běn lěi dǎ home run (baseball)
本帮菜 běn bāng cài Shanghainese food
本笃会 běn dǔ huì the Benedictines
本国法 běn guó fǎ lex patriae
本国人 běn guó rén natives of one's own country
本杰明 Běn jié míng Benjamin (person name)
本那比 Běn nà bǐ see 本那比市[Ben3 na4 bi3 shi4]
本内特 Běn nèi tè Bennett (surname)
本尼迪 Běn ní dí Benedictus
本生灯 Běn shēng dēng Bunsen burner
本省人 běn shěng rén people of this province / (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
本土派 běn tǔ pài local faction / pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics)
本位号 běn wèi hào (music notation) natural sign, ♮
本位音 běn wèi yīn (music) natural note
本位制 běn wèi zhì monetary standard
本星期 běn xīng qī this week
本溪市 Běn xī shì Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China
本溪县 Běn xī xiàn Benxi Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪, Liaoning
本益比 běn yì bǐ P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
本因坊 Běn yīn fāng Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940) / title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)
本征值 běn zhēng zhí eigenvalue (math.) / also written 特徵值|特征值
本周二 běn zhōu èr this Tuesday
本周六 běn zhōu liù this Saturday
本周三 běn zhōu sān this Wednesday
本周四 běn zhōu sì this Thursday
本周五 běn zhōu wǔ this Friday
本周一 běn zhōu yī this Monday
本族语 běn zú yǔ native language / mother tongue
本·拉登  Osama bin Laden (1957-), leader of Al Qaeda
本来面目 běn lái miàn mù true colors / true features
本草纲目 Běn cǎo Gāng mù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
本位主义 běn wèi zhǔ yì selfish departmentalism / departmental selfishness
本本主义 běn běn zhǔ yì book worship / bookishness
本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse
本性难移 běn xìng nán yí It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
本地地名  endonym
本地知识  indigenous knowledge
本国干事  National Officer
本地电台  proximity radio
本地科技  indigenous science and technology
本底臭氧  background ozone
本底浓度  background concentration
本地环路  access network / local loop
本国领土  home territory
本底污染  background pollution
本土物种  native species / indigenous species
本地法则  law of locality
本国员额  national post
本本分分 běn běn fèn fèn decorous / respectable
本底调查 běn dǐ diào chá background investigation
本底辐射 běn dǐ fú shè background radiation
本底计数 běn dǐ jì shù background count
本国专家 běn guó zhuān jiā national expert
本固枝荣 běn gù zhī róng when the root is firm, the branches flourish
本那比市 Běn nà bǐ shì Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
本田车队 běn tián chē duì Honda
本位货币 běn wèi huò bì local currency / our own currency / abbr. to 本幣|本币
本乡奏多 běn xiāng zòu duō Kanata
本小利微 běn xiǎo lì wēi (of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits
本征向量 běn zhēng xiàng liàng eigenvector (math.) / also written 特徵向量|特征向量
本・拉登 Běn · Lā dēng Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
本·拉登 Běn · Lā dēng Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
本单位物资  organizational support (logistics)
本单位支援  organizational support (logistics)
本地排雷员  indigenous deminer
本地树种林  native forest
本初子午线 běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn the first meridian / the prime meridian
本笃十六世 běn dǔ shí liù shì Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927-), pope 2005-2013
Approximate Results for 本
基本 jī běn basic / fundamental / main / elementary
日本 Rì běn Japan
版本 bǎn běn version / edition / release
根本 gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4]
成本 chéng běn (manufacturing, production etc) costs
文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
资本 zī běn capital (economics)
原本 yuán běn originally / original
脚本 jiǎo běn script
剧本 jù běn script for play, opera, movie etc / screenplay / scenario
开本 kāi běn book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° / etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2 liu4 kai1] is roughly A4) / abbr. to 開|开[kai1]
样本 yàng běn sample / specimen
副本 fù běn copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance
课本 kè běn textbook / CL:本[ben3]
书本 shū běn book / CL:本[ben3]
标本 biāo běn specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
股本 gǔ běn capital stock / investment
范本 fàn běn model (example worthy of being imitated) / template
小本 xiǎo běn small capital / on a shoestring
读本 dú běn reader / an instructional book
全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
正本 zhèng běn original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
治本 zhì běn to take radical measures / to get to the root (of a problem etc)
山本 Shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
亏本 kuī běn to make a loss
草本 cǎo běn grass / herb
血本 xuè běn hard-earned capital
译本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text)
赫本 Hè běn Hepburn (name)
蓝本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
保本 bǎo běn to break even
赔本 péi běn loss / to sustain losses
松本 sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
还本 huán běn to repay capital
老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
抄本 chāo běn handwritten copy
善本 shàn běn old book / good book / reliable book / rare book
忘本 wàng běn to forget one's roots
刻本 kè běn block printed edition
桥本 Qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
够本 gòu běn to break even / to get one's money's worth
话本 huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
翻本 fān běn to win back one's money (gambling etc)
教本 jiào běn textbook
选本 xuǎn běn anthology / selected works
节本 jié běn abridged version
稿本 gǎo běn manuscript (of a book etc) / sketch (of a design etc)
拓本 tà běn rubbing of inscription
秘本 mì běn a treasured rare book
唱本 chàng běn opera libretto
扳本 bān běn to recoup losses (in gambling)
坂本 Bǎn běn Sakamoto (Japanese surname)
残本 cán běn extant fragment (of book)
传本 chuán běn edition (of a book) currently in circulation
对本 duì běn (a return) equal to the capital / 100 percent profit
繁本 fán běn detailed edition / unexpurgated version
复本 fù běn copy
冈本 Gāng běn Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)
藁本 gǎo běn Ligusticum levisticum (Chinese lovage root) / ligusticum root
宫本 Gōng běn Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
绘本 huì běn picture book
简本 jiǎn běn concise edition / abridged edition
洁本 jié běn expurgated edition
考本 kǎo běn to take a relevant exam for a certificate (e.g. driving test, license etc)
捞本 lāo běn to get one's money back (esp. gambling) / to recoup one's losings
猫本 Māo běn Melbourne (slang alternative for 墨爾本|墨尔本[Mo4 er3 ben3])
杉本 Shān běn Sugimoto (Japanese surname)
折本 shé běn a loss / to lose money
藤本 Téng běn Fujimoto (Japanese surname)
熊本 Xióng běn Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū / 九州, Japan
印本 yìn běn printed book / copy
影本 yǐng běn copy (of a document) / book with model calligraphy for copying
院本 yuàn běn script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
账本 zhàng běn account book
足本 zú běn unabridged / complete book
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笔记本 bǐ jì běn notebook (stationery) / CL:本[ben3] / notebook (computing)
基本上 jī běn shang basically / on the whole
留言本 liú yán běn guestbook
日本人 Rì běn rén Japanese person or people
记事本 jì shì běn notebook / paper notepad / laptop computer
低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive
小日本 xiǎo Rì běn (derog.) Japanese person / Jap
大本营 dà běn yíng headquarters / base camp
日记本 rì jì běn diary (book)
基本功 jī běn gōng basic skills / fundamentals
文本框 wén běn kuàng text box (computing)
墨尔本 Mò ěr běn Melbourne, Australia
资本家 zī běn jiā capitalist
单行本 dān xíng běn single volume edition / offprint
基本法 jī běn fǎ basic law (constitutional document)
它本身 tā běn shēn itself
户口本 hù kǒu běn household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate
合订本 hé dìng běn bound volume / one-volume edition
里斯本 Lǐ sī běn Lisbon, capital of Portugal
修订本 xiū dìng běn revised edition (of a book)
总成本 zǒng chéng běn total costs
超文本 chāo wén běn hypertext
日本国 rì běn guó Japan
日本海 Rì běn Hǎi Sea of Japan
基本点 jī běn diǎn basis point (finance), abbr. to 基點|基点[ji1 dian3]
资本论 Zī běn lùn Das Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx 卡爾·馬克思|卡尔·马克思[Ka3 er3 · / Ma3 ke4 si1]
手抄本 shǒu chāo běn manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
叔本华 Shū běn huá Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
影印本 yǐng yìn běn a photocopy
练习本 liàn xí běn exercise book / workbook / CL:本[ben3]
日本刀 Rì běn dāo Japanese sword / katana
禾本科 hé běn kē Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family
平装本 píng zhuāng běn paperback (book)
大本钟 Dà běn Zhōng Big Ben
根本法 gēn běn fǎ fundamental law / body of basic laws
金本位 jīn běn wèi gold standard
缩印本 suō yìn běn compact edition (of a dictionary etc)
基本票  basic vote
资本化  capitalization
扳本儿 bān běn r to recoup losses (in gambling)
标本虫 biāo běn chóng spider beetle
沈家本 chén jiā běn Shen
纯文本 chún wén běn plain text (computing)
大字本 dài zì běn large print
杜本内 Dù běn nèi Dubonnet (name) / Dubonnet (red vermouth aperitif wine)
富文本 fù wén běn rich text (computing)
高本汉 Gāo Běn hàn Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist
黄副本 huáng fù běn yellow copy
交粮本 jiāo liáng běn to hand in one's ration cards / to die
基本级 jī běn jí basic level / soldier level
基本盘 jī běn pán (political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense)
吉本斯 Jí běn sī Gibbons (name)
节略本 jié lu:è běn abridged version
精校本 jīng jiào běn corrected edition
剧本杀 jù běn shā murder mystery game (role-playing game)
卖本事 mài běn shì to flaunt a skill / to give display to one's ability / to show off a feat / to vaunt one's tricks
墨巴本 Mò bā běn Mbabane, capital of Swaziland (Tw)
日本鲭 rì běn qīng Spanish mackerel / chub mackerel
日本学 Rì běn xué Japanology
杉本彩 shān běn cǎi Aya
山本头 Shān běn tóu (Tw) "Yamamoto haircut", similar to a butch cut, but with even length (no tapering on the sides and back), said to be named after Admiral Yamamoto 山本五十六[Shan1 ben3 Wu3 shi2 liu4]
上网本 shàng wǎng běn netbook
生词本 shēng cí běn vocabulary notebook
士瓦本 shì wǎ běn Swabia
试用本 shì yòng běn inspection copy (of a textbook etc) / trial edition
松本城 sōng běn chéng Matsumoto
田格本 tián gé běn exercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting (each page being a grid of blank cells divided into quadrants, like the character 田)
熊本城 xióng běn chéng Kumamoto
熊本县 Xióng běn xiàn Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
袖珍本 xiù zhēn běn pocket book / paperback
牙本质 yá běn zhì dentin / dentine
银本位 yín běn wèi Silver Standard (monetary standard)
有本钱 yǒu běn qián to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)
有本事 yǒu běn shi to have what it takes / (coll.) (often followed by 就[jiu4]) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc / Example: 有本事就打我[you3 ben3 shi5 jiu4 da3 wo3] Hit me if you dare!
增订本 zēng dìng běn revised and enlarged edition
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