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

蟲 biāo běn chóng spider beetle
模式标 mó shì biāo běn type specimen (used to define a species)
模式標 mó shì biāo běn type specimen (used to define a species)
yàng běn sample; specimen
qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
龙太郎 qiáo běn lóng tài láng HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
龍太郎 qiáo běn lóng tài láng HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
机会成 jī huì chéng běn opportunity cost
機會成 jī huì chéng běn opportunity cost
正型标 zhèng xíng biāo běn holotype
正型標 zhèng xíng biāo běn holotype
正常成 zhèng cháng chéng běn normal cost (accountancy)
正模标 zhèng mó biāo běn holotype
正模標 zhèng mó biāo běn holotype
历史成 lì shǐ chéng běn historic cost (accounting)
歷史成 lì shǐ chéng běn historic cost (accounting)
历史版 lì shǐ bǎn běn historical edition; revision history (of a web page)
歷史版 lì shǐ bǎn běn historical edition; revision history (of a web page)
cán běn extant fragment (of book)
cán běn extant fragment (of book)
江山易改,性难移 jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom); you can't change who you are; Can the leopard change his spots?
江山易改,性難移 jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom); you can't change who you are; Can the leopard change his spots?
沉没成 chén mò chéng běn sunk cost (economics)
沉沒成 chén mò chéng běn sunk cost (economics)
治标不治 zhì biāo bù zhì běn to treat the symptoms but not the root cause