| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 本 | 本 | běn | ben3 | root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc | ||
| 2 | 本身 | 本身 | běn shēn | ben3 shen1 | itself; in itself; per se | ||
| 3 | 本质 | 本質 | běn zhì | ben3 zhi4 | essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality | ||
| 4 | 本来 | 本來 | běn lái | ben3 lai2 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | ||
| 5 | 本人 | 本人 | běn rén | ben3 ren2 | the person himself; I (humble form used in speeches); oneself; myself; in person; personal | ||
| 6 | 本领 | 本領 | běn lǐng | ben3 ling3 | skill; ability; capability; Classifiers: 项 | ||
| 7 | 本能 | 本能 | běn néng | ben3 neng2 | instinct | ||
| 8 | 本质上 | 本質上 | běn zhì shàng | ben3 zhi4 shang4 | essentially; inherent | ||
| 9 | 本性 | 本性 | běn xìng | ben3 xing4 | natural instincts; nature; inherent quality | ||
| 10 | 本地 | 本地 | běn dì | ben3 di4 | local; this locality | ||
| 11 | 本事 | 本事 | běn shi | ben3 shi5 | ability; skill | ||
| 12 | 本体 | 本體 | běn tǐ | ben3 ti3 | main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) | ||
| 13 | 本草 | 本草 | běn cǎo | ben3 cao3 | a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese materia medica | ||
| 14 | 本子 | 本子 | běn zi | ben3 zi5 | book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; Classifiers: 本 ; edition | ||
| 15 | 本科 | 本科 | běn kē | ben3 ke1 | undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive) | ||
| 16 | 本位 | 本位 | běn wèi | ben3 wei4 | standard; one's own department or unit | ||
| 17 | 本文 | 本文 | běn wén | ben3 wen2 | this text; article; the main body of a book | ||
| 18 | 本月 | 本月 | běn yuè | ben3 yue4 | this month; the current month | ||
| 19 | 本着 | 本著 | běn zhe | ben3 zhe5 | based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle | ||
| 20 | 本士 | 本士 | běn shì | ben3 shi4 | (loanword) pence; penny; this city; our city; source material; original story | ||
| 21 | 本初子午线 | 本初子午線 | běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn | ben3 chu1 zi3 wu3 xian4 | the first meridian; the prime meridian | ||
| 22 | 本朝 | 本朝 | běn cháo | ben3 chao2 | the current dynasty | ||
| 23 | 本草纲目 | 本草綱目 | běn cǎo gāng mù | Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4 | Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李时珍 | ||
| 24 | 本本 | 本本 | běn běn | ben3 ben3 | notebook computer (diminutive); laptop | ||
| 25 | 本报记者 | 本報記者 | běn bào jì zhě | ben3 bao4 ji4 zhe3 | the reporter working specially for our newspaper; our own reporter (claimed by the paper authority) |
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