本
Meaning
- (bound form) root; stem
- (bound form) origin; source
- (bound form) one's own; this
Example sentence
我买了一本书。
I bought a book.
Words containing 本
- 本子 běn zi book
- 课本 kè běn textbook
- 笔记本 bǐ jì běn notebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3])
- 本来 běn lái original
- 本领 běn lǐng skill
- 本事 běn shi ability
- 根本 gēn běn fundamental
- 基本 jī běn basic
- 基本上 jī běn shang basically
- 本科 běn kē undergraduate course
Learned around the same time
- 包子 bāo zi baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
- 杯 bēi cup
- 杯子 bēi zi cup
- 北 běi north
- 北边 běi biān north
- 北京 Běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- 比 bǐ to compare
- 别 bié to leave; to part (from)
- 别的 bié de else
- 别人 bié ren other people; others; other person
- 病 bìng illness