本
běn
Meaning
- root · stem · origin · source
- one's own · this · the current (year and so on)
- original
- inherent
- originally · initially
- capital · principal
- classifier for books, periodicals, files and so on
Example sentences
这是本汉语书。
這是本漢語書。
zhè shì běn hàn yǔ shū。
This is a book written in Chinese.
你本应该这样做的。
你本應該這樣做的。
nǐ běn yīng gāi zhè yàng zuò de。
You should have done that.
我本来想走的,但后来忘了。
我本來想走的,但後來忘了。
wǒ běn lái xiǎng zǒu de, dàn hòu lái wàng le。
I originally intended to leave, but then I forgot.