本

běn

the root or stem of a plant, foundation; basis; origin, capital; principal, book, manuscript; copy, script, edition; version, principal; major; central, one's own; native, current; this; present, originally; at first, (used for books, parts of a serial, etc.), Ben

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the root of a plant; this

【机】 aetioporphyrin

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root; this; current; capital; principal

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běn

adj. undergraduate

běn

n. origin, source, root, roots of plant, foundation, basis

běn

pron. this

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roots or stems of plants, origin, source, this, the current, root, foundation, basis, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc, originally

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本

běn

名

（草木的茎或根） stem or root of plants:

草本 grass family;

木本 plants with stiff trunks; the stem of a tree;

木本植物 woody plants;

水有源， 木有本。 A stream has its source， a tree has its root.

（事物的根源） foundation; origin; basis:

忘本 forget one's ancestry or tradition;

舍本逐末 attend to the superficials and neglect the essentials;

胜利之本 the foundation of victory

（本钱; 本金） capital; principal:

亏本儿 lose money;

无本儿 inadequate capital;

吃老本儿 live off one's past gains;

还本付息 pay back the capital (principal) plus interest

（册子） book:

户口本儿 residence booklet;

帐本儿 account book

（版本） edition; version:

原刻本 original edition;

平装本 paperbound edition

（演出的底本） copy:

剧本 script;

抄本 manuscript copy

（封建时代指奏章） memorial to the throne:

奏本 memorial to emperor

（姓氏） a surname:

本高 Ben Ga

量

（用于书籍、簿册等） book; volume:

一本参考书 a book of reference;

两本儿账 two account books

（用于一定长度的影片） volume; reel:

一个有14本长的影片 a fourteen-reel film

（用于戏曲） volume:

头本《红楼梦》 the first “Red Chamber Dream”

形

（原来的） original:

本籍 one's ancestral district

（自己方面的） one's own; native:

本校 our school;

本厂产品 the products of our factory

（主要的; 中心的） principal; central:

本部 central department

（现今的） this; present; current:

本年 this year;

本计划 the present plan

副

（原来） originally:

本属于 originally belong to;

本该如此 should have been so anyway

动

（遵照; 按照） follow; base on; according to:

本着这一原则 base on the principle;

每句话都有所本。 Every statement is well-founded.

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本|本 [běn] ► roots or stems of plants ► origin ► source ► this ► the current ► root ► foundation ► basis ► classifier for books, periodicals, files etc ► originally