"本" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 本 |  běn | (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | see 本溪市[Ben3xi1 Shi4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 / (of foreigners) first name / given 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 | (baseball) home base / home plate | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 本贯 | běn guàn | ancestral home / domicile of origin | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |
| 本科系 | běn kē xì | (university education) major | |
| 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[Liao2ning2 Sheng3] | |
| 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 | |
| 本来面目 | běn lái - miàn mù | (idiom) true colors / true features / original appearance | |
| 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 | |
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| 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 / screenplay / scenario / libretto / (computing) script | | |
| 剧本 | jù běn | script / screenplay / scenario / libretto | | |
| 开本 | kāi běn | book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° / etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2liu4-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 (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) | | |
| 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 tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) | | |
| 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 | | |
| 回本 | huí běn | to recoup one's investment | | |
| 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 | | |
| 台本 | tái běn | script (of a play, movie, or television program) | | |
| 藤本 | Téng běn | Fujimoto (Japanese surname) | | |
| 写本 | xiě běn | handwritten copy of a book | | |
| 熊本 | Xióng běn | Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū / 九州, Japan | | |
| 印本 | yìn běn | printed book / printed 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 | (computing) text box | |
| 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 | key point / crux / (finance) basis point, abbr. to 基點|基点[ji1dian3] | |
| 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 | (computing) plain text | |
| 大字本 | dài zì běn | large print | |
| 电话本 | diàn huà běn | telephone contact notebook / address book | |
| 杜本内 | Dù běn nèi | Dubonnet (name) / Dubonnet (red vermouth aperitif wine) | |
| 富文本 | fù wén běn | (computing) rich text | |
| 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 | (Tw) Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini | |
| 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 | |
