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

lán běn blueprint; source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
植物 téng běn zhí wù vine plant
kuī běn to make a loss
出售 kuī běn chū shòu to sell at a loss
出售 kuī běn chū shòu to sell at a loss
無歸 xuè běn wú guī to lose everything one invested (idiom); to lose one's shirt
袖珍 xiù zhēn běn pocket book; paperback
裙带资主义 qún dài zī běn zhǔ yì crony capitalism
裙帶資主義 qún dài zī běn zhǔ yì crony capitalism
fù běn copy
記事 jì shì běn notebook; paper notepad; laptop computer
试用 shì yòng běn inspection copy (of a textbook etc); trial edition
試用 shì yòng běn inspection copy (of a textbook etc); trial edition
huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
认缴资 rèn jiǎo zī běn subscribed capital (finance)
認繳資 rèn jiǎo zī běn subscribed capital (finance)
kè běn textbook; CL:本[ben3]
yì běn translation (translated version of a text)
dú běn reader; an instructional book
加厲 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming); to aggravate; to intensify
zī běn capital (economics)
主義 zī běn zhǔ yì capitalism
储备 zī běn chǔ bèi capital reserve
儲備 zī běn chǔ bèi capital reserve