běn

root, origin, source; basis

DEFINITIONS

本 běn
  • root
  • stem
  • origin
  • source
  • this
  • the current
  • original
  • inherent
  • originally
  • classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

STROKES

WORDS

樹鶯 rì běn shù yīng (bird species of China) Japanese bush warbler (Cettia diphone)
歌鸲 rì běn gē qú (bird species of China) Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)
歌鴝 rì běn gē qú (bird species of China) Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)
沼虾 rì běn zhǎo xiā oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾[qing1 xia1]
沼蝦 rì běn zhǎo xiā oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾[qing1 xia1]
竹筷 rì běn zhú kuài disposable chopsticks
米酒 rì běn mǐ jiǔ Japanese rice wine; sake
经济新闻 rì běn jīng jì xīn wén Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
經濟新聞 rì běn jīng jì xīn wén Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
脑炎 rì běn nǎo yán Japanese encephalitis
腦炎 rì běn nǎo yán Japanese encephalitis
航空 rì běn háng kōng Japan Airlines (JAL)
银行 rì běn yín háng Bank of Japan
銀行 rì běn yín háng Bank of Japan
电报电话公司 rì běn diàn bào diàn huà gōng sī Nippon Telegraph and Telephone; NTT
電報電話公司 rì běn diàn bào diàn huà gōng sī Nippon Telegraph and Telephone; NTT
鬼子 rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
鹌鹑 rì běn ān chún (bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
鵪鶉 rì běn ān chún (bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
鹡鸰 rì běn jí líng (bird species of China) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
鶺鴒 rì běn jí líng (bird species of China) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
黑道 rì běn hēi dào Yakuza (Japanese mafia)
日記 rì jì běn diary (book)
shū běn book; CL:本[ben3]
钱 yǒu běn qián to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)