Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
本
běn
Description
"本"最常见的意思是书，我们看书、买书的时候都会用到这个字。
它也可以用来数书、本子这样的东西，比如"一本书"。
Meanings
本běn
measure word for books and notebooks
我买了三本书。
本běn
book; notebook
这本很好看。
本běn
this; one's own; original
我是本地人。
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Notes
- Etymology
originally a pictograph of a tree's root, giving senses like "root, origin, foundation".
- Nuance
as a measure word 本 is only for bound printed items like books, not magazines counted with 份.
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