běn

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  1. 1. root
  2. 2. stem
  3. 3. origin
  4. 4. source
  5. 5. this
  6. 6. the current
  7. 7. original
  8. 8. inherent
  9. 9. originally
  10. 10. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

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Words Containing 本

剧本
jù běn

script for play, opera, movie etc

原本
yuán běn

originally

基本
jī běn

basic

基本上
jī běn shang

basically

基本功
jī běn gōng

basic skills

成本
chéng běn

(manufacturing, production etc) costs

本事
běn shì

source material

本事
běn shi

ability

本人
běn rén

I; me; myself

本来
běn lái

original

本分
běn fèn

(to play) one's part

本土
běn tǔ

one's native country

本地
běn dì

local

本子
běn zi

book

本性
běn xìng
本意
běn yì
本期
běn qī
本科
běn kē
本能
běn néng
本色
běn sè

inherent qualities

本色
běn shǎi

natural color

本着
běn zhe
本质
běn zhì
本身
běn shēn
本钱
běn qián
本领
běn lǐng
根本
gēn běn

fundamental

标本
biāo běn

specimen; sample

样本
yàng běn

sample; specimen

版本
bǎn běn

version

笔记本
bǐ jì běn

notebook (stationery)

亏本
kuī běn

to make a loss

课本
kè běn

textbook

资本
zī běn

capital (economics)

资本主义
zī běn zhǔ yì

capitalism

一本正经
yī běn zhèng jīng

in deadly earnest; deadpan

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì

small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng

to talk shop all the time (idiom)

上网本
shàng wǎng běn

netbook

不惜血本
bù xī xuè běn

to spare no effort

不变资本
bù biàn zī běn

constant capital

交粮本
jiāo liáng běn

to hand in one's ration cards

人之初,性本善
rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn

man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[sān zì jīng])

人民基本权利
rén mín jī běn quán lì

fundamental civil rights

代数基本定理
dài shù jī běn dìng lǐ

fundamental theorem of algebra

代数学基本定理
dài shù xué jī běn dìng lǐ

fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)

以人为本
yǐ rén wéi běn

people-oriented

以本人名
yǐ běn rén míng

under one's own name

低成本
dī chéng běn

low cost

保本
bǎo běn

to break even

修订本
xiū dìng běn

revised edition (of a book)

传本
chuán běn

edition (of a book) currently in circulation

全本
quán běn

whole edition

刻本
kè běn

block printed edition

副本
fù běn

copy

剧本杀
jù běn shā

murder mystery game (role-playing game)

加工成本
jiā gōng chéng běn

processing cost

助人为快乐之本
zhù rén wéi kuài lè zhī běn

pleasure from helping others

勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn

hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)

印本
yìn běn

printed book

原原本本
yuán yuán běn běn

from beginning to end

叔本华
shū běn huá

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher

合订本
hé dìng běn

bound volume

吉本斯
jí běn sī

Gibbons (name)

哥本哈根
gē běn hā gēn

Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark

唱本
chàng běn

opera libretto

商业版本
shāng yè bǎn běn

commercial version (of software)

善本
shàn běn

good book

单行本
dān xíng běn

single volume edition

回本
huí běn

to recoup one's investment

基本利率
jī běn lì lǜ

base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)

基本原则
jī běn yuán zé

fundamental doctrine

基本原理
jī běn yuán lǐ

fundamental principle

基本单位
jī běn dān wèi

basic unit

基本多文种平面
jī běn duō wén zhǒng píng miàn

basic multilingual plane (BMP)

基本完成
jī běn wán chéng

fundamentally complete

基本定理
jī běn dìng lǐ

fundamental theorem

基本概念
jī běn gài niàn

basic concept

基本法
jī běn fǎ

basic law (constitutional document)

基本盘
jī běn pán

(political party's) voter base

基本粒子
jī běn lì zǐ

elementary particle (particle physics)

基本词汇
jī běn cí huì

basic word

基本需要
jī běn xū yào

basic necessity

报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ

ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

增订本
zēng dìng běn

revised and enlarged edition

墨尔本
mò ěr běn

Melbourne, Australia

外国资本
wài guó zī běn

foreign capital

够本
gòu běn

to break even

大学本科
dà xué běn kē

university undergraduate course

大本涅盘经
dà běn niè pán jīng

the great Nirvana sutra: every living thing has Buddha nature.

大本营
dà běn yíng

headquarters

大本钟
dà běn zhōng

Big Ben

它本身
tā běn shēn

itself

家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng

every family has its problems (idiom)

富文本
fù wén běn

rich text (computing)

实受资本
shí shou zī běn

paid-up capital

实收资本
shí shōu zī běn

paid-in capital

实缴资本
shí jiǎo zī běn

paid-in capital

对本
duì běn

(a return) equal to the capital

小日本
xiǎo rì běn

(derog.) Japanese person

小本
xiǎo běn

small capital

山本五十六
shān běn wǔ shí liù

YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral

布莱克本
bù lái kè běn

Blackburn

平均成本法
píng jūn chéng běn fǎ

(finance) dollar cost averaging

平装本
píng zhuāng běn

paperback (book)

几何原本
jǐ hé yuán běn

Euclid's Elements

影印本
yǐng yìn běn

a photocopy

影本
yǐng běn

copy (of a document)

微积分基本定理
wēi jī fēn jī běn dìng lǐ

fundamental theorem of calculus

忘本
wàng běn

to forget one's roots

快乐大本营
kuài lè dà běn yíng

Happy Camp (PRC TV series)

慈悲为本
cí bēi wéi běn

mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion

凭本能做事
píng běn néng zuò shì

to follow one's nose

户口本
hù kǒu běn

residence certificate

手抄本
shǒu chāo běn

manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)

扳本
bān běn

to recoup losses (in gambling)

抄本
chāo běn

handwritten copy

折本
shé běn

a loss

拓本
tà běn

rubbing of inscription

舍本逐末
shě běn zhú mò

to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)

推本溯源
tuī běn sù yuán

to go back to the source

捞本
lāo běn

to get one's money back (esp. gambling)

教本
jiào běn

textbook

文本
wén běn

a text (article, script, contract etc)

文本框
wén běn kuàng

text box (computing)

文本编辑器
wén běn biān jí qì

text editor

新修本草
xīn xiū běn cǎo

Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine

日本
rì běn

Japan

日本人
rì běn rén

Japanese person or people

日本共同社
rì běn gòng tóng shè

Kyōdō, Japanese news agency

日本刀
rì běn dāo

Japanese sword

日本原子能研究所
rì běn yuán zǐ néng yán jiū suǒ

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

日本叉尾海燕
rì běn chā wěi hǎi yàn

(bird species of China) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)

日本国志
rì běn guó zhì

A Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黃遵憲|黄遵宪[huáng zūn xiàn], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan

日本天皇
rì běn tiān huáng

Emperor of Japan

日本学
rì běn xué

Japanology

日本放送协会
rì běn fàng sòng xié huì

NHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japanese national broadcasting company

日本书纪
rì běn shū jì

Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history

日本松雀鹰
rì běn sōng què yīng

(bird species of China) Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)

日本柳莺
rì běn liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)

日本树莺
rì běn shù yīng

(bird species of China) Japanese bush warbler (Cettia diphone)

日本歌鸲
rì běn gē qú

(bird species of China) Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)

日本沼虾
rì běn zhǎo xiā

oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾[qīng xiā]

日本海
rì běn hǎi

Sea of Japan

日本竹筷
rì běn zhú kuài

disposable chopsticks

日本米酒
rì běn mǐ jiǔ

Japanese rice wine

日本经济新闻
rì běn jīng jì xīn wén

Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times

日本脑炎
rì běn nǎo yán

Japanese encephalitis

日本航空
rì běn háng kōng

Japan Airlines (JAL)

日本银行
rì běn yín háng

Bank of Japan

日本电报电话公司
rì běn diàn bào diàn huà gōng sī

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)

日本鬼子
rì běn guǐ zi

Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)

日本鹌鹑
rì běn ān chún

(bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

日本鹡鸰
rì běn jí líng

(bird species of China) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)

日本黑道
rì běn hēi dào

Yakuza (Japanese mafia)

日记本
rì jì běn

diary (book)

书本
shū běn

book

有本事
yǒu běn shi

to have what it takes

有本钱
yǒu běn qián

to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)

木本植物
mù běn zhí wù

woody plant

本·拉登
běn · lā dēng

Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

本位
běn wèi

standard

本位主义
běn wèi zhǔ yì

selfish departmentalism

本位制
běn wèi zhì

monetary standard

本位号
běn wèi hào

(music notation) natural sign, ♮

本位货币
běn wèi huò bì

local currency

本位音
běn wèi yīn

(music) natural note

本来面目
běn lái miàn mù

true colors

本俸
běn fèng

basic salary

本杰明
běn jié míng

Benjamin (person name)

本杰明·富兰克林
běn jié míng · fù lán kè lín

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat

本初子午线
běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn

the first meridian

本利
běn lì

principal and interest

本名
běn míng

original name

本命年
běn mìng nián

year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]

本因坊
běn yīn fāng

Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940)

本因坊秀策
běn yīn fāng xiù cè

Honinbo Shusaku (1829-1862), Japanese Go player

本固枝荣
běn gù zhī róng

when the root is firm, the branches flourish

本国
běn guó

one's own country

本国人
běn guó rén

natives of one's own country

本土化
běn tǔ huà

to localize

本土派
běn tǔ pài

local faction

本地人
běn dì rén

native person (of a country)

本地化
běn dì huà

localization

本地管理界面
běn dì guǎn lǐ jiè miàn

LMI

本埠
běn bù

this city

本报
běn bào

this newspaper

本垒
běn lěi

(baseball) home base; home plate

本垒打
běn lěi dǎ

home run (baseball)

本士
běn shì

(loanword) pence

本字
běn zì

original form of a Chinese character

本家
běn jiā

a member of the same clan

本尊
běn zūn

(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)

本小利微
běn xiǎo lì wēi

(of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits

本就
běn jiù

by nature

本尼迪
běn ní dí

Benedictus

本届
běn jiè

current

本岛
běn dǎo

main island

本州
běn zhōu

Honshū, the main island of Japan

本市
běn shì

this city