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

穷源 zhuī běn qióng yuán see 追本溯源[zhui1 ben3 su4 yuan2]
窮源 zhuī běn qióng yuán see 追本溯源[zhui1 ben3 su4 yuan2]
带利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest; capital plus profit
帶利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest; capital plus profit
xuǎn běn anthology; selected works
xuǎn běn anthology; selected works
huán běn to repay capital
huán běn to repay capital
边际成 biān jì chéng běn marginal cost
邊際成 biān jì chéng běn marginal cost
金汇兑位制 jīn huì duì běn wèi zhì gold exchange standard (economics)
金匯兌位制 jīn huì duì běn wèi zhì gold exchange standard (economics)
位 jīn běn wèi gold standard
位 yín běn wèi Silver Standard (monetary standard)
位 yín běn wèi Silver Standard (monetary standard)
位制 yín běn wèi zhì Silver Standard (monetary standard)
位制 yín běn wèi zhì Silver Standard (monetary standard)
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]
yuàn běn script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
电影剧 diàn yǐng jù běn screenplay
電影劇 diàn yǐng jù běn screenplay
香港基法 xiāng gǎng jī běn fǎ Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997)
汉 gāo běn hàn Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist
漢 gāo běn hàn Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist
书 běn shū this book; the book being referred to