root; [measure word for books] (clf.)
HSK 1
Traditional
本 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
笨 bèn - stupid (adj.) | HSK 4
Examples
这本书非常有趣。 zhè běn shū fēicháng yǒuqù. - This book is very interesting.
他有五本书。 tā yǒu wǔ běn shū. - He has five books.
这是一本关于历史的书。 zhè shì yī běn guānyú lìshǐ de shū. - This is a book about history.
请把那本书给我。 qǐng bǎ nà běn shū gěi wǒ. - Please give me that book.
这本词典很有用。 zhè běn cídiǎn hěn yǒuyòng. - This dictionary is very useful.
Phrases
笔记本 bǐ jì běn - notebook (n.) | HSK 3
本来 běn lái - originally (adv.) | HSK 4
本科 běn kē - undergraduate course; regular college course (n.) | HSK 5
本领 běn lǐng - capability; capacity; faculty (n.) | HSK 5
本质 běn zhì - nature; innate character; intrinsic quality (n.) | HSK 5
根本 gēn běn - root; basic; fundamental (adv.) | HSK 5
基本 jī běn - basic; fundamental (adj.) | HSK 5
版本 bǎn běn - edition (n.) | HSK 6
本能 běn néng - instinct; native ability (n.) | HSK 6
本钱 běn qián - capital [money] (n.) | HSK 6
本人 běn rén - oneself; in the flesh (pron.) | HSK 6
本身 běn shēn - in itself/oneself (pron.) | HSK 6
本事 běn shi - skill; ability; talent (n.) | HSK 6
标本 biāo běn - specimen; sample; representative (n.) | HSK 6
成本 chéng běn - cost (n.) | HSK 6
剧本 jù běn - play; script (n.) | HSK 6
资本 zī běn - capital [economics] (n.) | HSK 6