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本 běn origin

Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
ben3	bun2	bun2	roots or stems of plants / origin / source / this / the current / root / foundation / basis / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc / originally

Common Chinese Words Using 本

Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
日本 Learn more	ri4 ben3	yat6 bun2	jat6 bun2	Japan / Japanese
本報 Learn more	ben3 bao4	bun2 bou3	bun2 bou3	this newspaper
基本 Learn more	ji1 ben3	gei1 bun2	gei1 bun2	basic / fundamental / main / elementary
根本 Learn more	gen1 ben3	gan1 bun2	gan1 bun2	fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all
本來 Learn more	ben3 lai2	bun2 loi4	bun2 loi4	original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
本人 Learn more	ben3 ren2	bun2 yan4	bun2 jan4	the person himself / I (humble form used in speeches) / oneself / myself / in person / personal
資本 Learn more	zi1 ben3	ji1 bun2	zi1 bun2	capital (economics)

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