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běn- roots or stems of plants
- origin
- source
- this
- the current
- root
- foundation
- basis
- classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- originally
bǎoběn- to break even
chuánběn- edition (of a book) currently in circulation
quánběn- whole edition
- whole performance (of Chinese opera)
běn- block printed edition
běn- copy
- duplicate
- transcript
běn- script for play, opera, movie etc
- screenplay
- scenario
yìnběn- printed book
- copy
yuánběn- originally
- original
chàngběn- opera libretto
shànběn- old book
- good book
- reliable book
- rare book
běn- basic
- fundamental
- main
- elementary
gòuběn- to break even
- to get one's money's worth
duìběn- (a return) equal to the capital
- 100 percent profit
xiǎoběn- small capital
- on a shoestring
Shānběn- Yamamoto (name)
Gāngběn- Okamoto (Japanese name)
yǐngběn- copy (of a document)
- book with model calligraphy for copying
wàngběn- to forget one's roots
chéngběn- (manufacturing, production etc) costs
bānběn- to recoup losses (in gambling)
chāoběn- handwritten copy
shéběn- a loss
- to lose money
běn- rubbing of inscription
lāoběn- to get one's money back (esp. gambling)
- to recoup one's losings
jiàoběn- textbook
wénběn- version
- text
běn- Japan
- Japanese
shūběn- book
- CL:[ben3]
běnshì- source material
- original story
běnshi- ability
- skill
běnrén- the person himself
- I (humble form used in speeches)
- oneself
- myself
- in person
- personal
běnwèi- standard
- one's own department or unit
běnlái- original
- originally
- at first
- it goes without saying
- of course
běnfèng- basic salary
běnfèn- (to play) one's part
- one's role
- one's duty
- (to stay within) one's bounds
běn- principal and interest
- capital and profit
běnguó- one's own country
běn- one's native country
- native
- local
- metropolitan territory
běn- local
- this locality
běn- this city
- this town
běnbào- this newspaper
běnlěi- home base
- home plate (in baseball)
běnzi- book
- notebook
- edition
- CL:[ben3]
běn- original form of a Chinese character
běnjiā- a member of the same clan
- a distant relative with the same family name
běnjiè- current
- this year
běndǎo- main island
Běnzhōu- Honshū, the main island of Japan
běnshì- this city
- our city
běn- local currency
- our own currency
- abbr. for 位貨幣|位货币
běn- background
běnyǐng- umbra
běnxìng- natural instincts
- nature
- inherent quality
běn- principal and interest (on a loan)
běn- original idea
- real intention
- etymon
běnyīng- should have
- ought to have
běn- id
- the self
běnwén- this text
- article
- the main body of a book
běn- today
běnyuè- this month
- the current month
běncháo- the current dynasty
běn- the current period
- this term (usually in finance)
běn- the whole course of an event from beginning to end
- ins and outs
- the fundamental and the incidental
běnběn- notebook computer (diminutive)
- laptop
běnyuán- origin
- source
Běn- Benxi prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
Běntián- Honda (Japanese name)
běnxiàng- original form
běnpiào- cashier's check
běn- undergraduate course
- undergraduate (attributive)
běn- biographic sketch of an emperor
běnjīng- classic book
- sutra
běnzuì- actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
běn- original meaning
- literal sense
běnzhí- one's job
běnnéng- instinct
běntái- this radio station
běn- inherent qualities
- natural qualities
- distinctive character
- true qualities
běnshǎi- natural color
Běn- Benz (name)
- Karl Benz (1844-1929), motor car pioneer
běncǎo- a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
- Chinese materia medica
běnzhe- based on...
- in conformance with..
- taking as one's main principle
běnchù- here
- this place
běnháng- one's line
- one's own profession
běnzhì- essence
- nature
- innate character
- intrinsic quality
běnshēn- itself
- in itself
- per se
běn- headquarters
- head office
běnxiāng- home village
- one's native place
běnjīn- capital
- principal
běnqián- capital
- (fig.) asset
- advantage
- the means (to do sth)
běnlǐng- skill
- ability
- capability
- CL:|[xiang4],|[ge4]
běn- the subject under discussion
- the point at issue
běn- main part
- torso
- the thing in itself
- noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
gēnběn- fundamental
- basic
- root
- simply
- absolutely (not)
- (not) at all
- CL:|[ge4]
biāoběn- specimen
- sample
- the root cause and symptoms of a disease
yàngběn- sample
- specimen
Qiáoběn- Japanese surname Hashimoto
zhèngběn- original (of a document)
- reserved copy (of a library book)
cánběn- extant fragment (of book)
zhìběn- to take radical measures
- to get to the root (of a problem etc)
Xióngběn- Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan
bǎnběn- version
- edition
- release
běn- a treasured rare book
稿稿gǎoběn- manuscript (of a book etc)
- sketch (of a design etc)
jiéběn- abridged version
fànběn- model (example worthy of being imitated)
- template
jiǎnběn- concise edition
- abridged edition
fánběn- detailed edition
- unexpurgated version
huìběn- picture book
lǎoběn- capital
- assets
- savings
- nest egg
- (fig.) reputation
- laurels (to rest upon)
- old edition of a book
- (tree) trunk
běn- capital stock
- investment
jiǎoběn- script
cǎoběn- grass
- herb
gǎoběn- Ligusticum levisticum (Chinese lovage root)
- ligusticum root
lánběn- blueprint
- source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
kuīběn- to make a loss
xuèběn- hard-earned savings
- capital (arising from one's blood and sweat)
běn- copy
huàběn- Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
běn- textbook
- CL:[ben3]
běn- reader
- an instructional book
běn- capital (economics)
péiběn- loss
- to sustain losses
zhàngběn- account book
běn- Hepburn (name)
běn- unabridged
- complete book
xuǎnběn- anthology
- selected works
huánběn- to repay capital
kāiběn- book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16 format is roughly A4)
- abbr. to |[kai1]
yuànběn- script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
shàngwǎngběn- netbook
jiāoliángběn- to hand in one's ration cards
- to die
chéngběn- low cost
- inexpensive
xiūdìngběn- revised edition (of a book)
Shūběnhuá- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
dìngběn- bound volume
- one-volume edition
běn- Gibbons (name)
dānxíngběn- single volume edition
- offprint
běnshang- basically
- on the whole
běngōng- basic skills
- fundamentals
běn- Basic Law
běndiǎn- basis point (finance), abbr. to 基點|基点[ji1 dian3]
zēngdìngběn- revised and enlarged edition
běn- Mbabane, capital of Swaziland (Tw)
ěrběn- Melbourne, Australia
běnyíng- headquarters
- base camp
běnZhōng- Big Ben
běnshēn- itself
xiǎoběn- (derog.) Japanese person
- Jap
píngzhuāngběn- paperback (book)
yǐngyìnběn- a photocopy
kǒuběn- household register
- household registration booklet
- residence certificate
bānběnr- to recoup losses (in gambling)
běnrén- Japanese person or people
běndāo- Japanese sword
- katana
běnxué- Japanology
běnHǎi- Sea of Japan
běn- diary (book)
yǒuběnqián- to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)
běnwèizhì- monetary standard
běnwèihào- (music notation) natural sign, ♮
běnwèiyīn- (music) natural note
Běnjiémíng- Benjamin (person name)
Běnnèi- Bennett (surname)
běnmìngnián- year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
Běnyīnfāng- Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940)
- title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)
běnguórén- natives of one's own country
běnhuà- to localize
- localization
běnpài- local faction
- pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics)
běnrén- native person (of a country)
běnhuà- localization
- adaptation (to foreign environment)
běnlěi- home run (baseball)
Běn- Benedictus
běnbāngcài- Shanghainese food
běnnián- this year
- the current year
běnzhēngzhí- eigenvalue (math.)
- also written 特徵值|特征值
Běndēng- (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
běn- native language
- mother tongue
běnxīng- this week
Běnshì- Benxi prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
Běnxiàn- Benxi Manchu autonomous county in Benxi , Liaoning
Běnshēngdēng- Bunsen burner
běn- P⁄ E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
běnshěngrén- people of this province
- (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
běnshēng- undergraduate student
běnzhìshàng- essentially
- inherent
Běn- see 那比市[Ben3 na4 bi3 shi4]
běnlùn- ontology
běnnèi- Dubonnet (name)
- Dubonnet (red vermouth aperitif wine)
gēnběn- fundamental law
- body of basic laws
biāoběnchóng- spider beetle
Xióngběnxiàn- Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
běnzhì- dentin
- dentine
shēngběn- vocabulary notebook
tiánběn- exercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting (each page being a grid of blank cells divided into quadrants, like the character )
liúyánběn- guestbook
běn- Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family
běn- notebook (stationery)
- CL:[ben3]
- notebook (computing)
jiélüèběn- abridged version
jīngjiàoběn- corrected edition
liànběn- exercise book
- workbook
- CL:[ben3]
suōyìnběn- compact edition (of a dictionary etc)
zǒngchéngběn- total costs
xiùzhēnběn- pocket book
- paperback
shìběn- notebook
- paper notepad
- laptop computer
běnjiā- capitalist
běnlùn- Das Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx 卡爾馬克思|卡尔马克思[Ka3 er3 · Ma3 ke4 si1]
màiběnshì- to flaunt a skill
- to give display to one's ability
- to show off a feat
- to vaunt one's tricks
chāowénběn- hypertext
ZhàoBěnshān- Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
běn- Lisbon, capital of Portugal
jīnběnwèi- gold standard
yínběnwèi- Silver Standard (monetary standard)
GāoBěnhàn- Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist
běnzhèngjīng- in deadly earnest
- deadpan
běnwàn- small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
xuèběn- to spare no effort
- to devote all one's energies
biànběn- constant capital
rénwéiběn- people-oriented
běnrénmíng- under one's own name
- named after oneself
yuányuánběnběn- variant of 原原[yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3]
jiāgōngchéngběn- processing cost
yuányuánběnběn- from beginning to end
- in its entirety
- in accord with fact
- literal
běngēn- Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
shāngbǎnběn- commercial version (of software)
běn- base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)
běnyuán- fundamental doctrine
- guiding principle
- raison d'être
běnyuán- fundamental principle
běndānwèi- basic unit
- fundamental building block
běnwánchéng- fundamentally complete
- basically finished
běndìng- fundamental theorem
běngàiniàn- basic concept
běn- elementary particle (particle physics)
běnhuì- basic word
běnyào- basic necessity
- fundamental need
bàoběnfǎnshǐ- ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
wàiguóběn- foreign capital
xuéběn- university undergraduate course
tiānránběn- natural background
shíshouběn- paid-up capital
shíshōuběn- paid-in capital
- contributed capital (finance)
shíjiǎoběn- paid-in capital
- contributed capital (finance)
xiǎoběnr- erhua variant of 小日[xiao3 Ri4 ben3]
láiběn- Blackburn
Yuánběn- Euclid's Elements
bēiwéiběn- mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
shěběnzhú- to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
- to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
tuīběnyuán- to go back to the source
Xīnxiūběncǎo- Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
běnguózhì- A record of Japan by Huan Zunxian 黃遵憲|黄遵宪, an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
běntiānhuáng- Emperor of Japan
běnshū- Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history
běnliǔyīng- (Chinese bird species) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)
běnshùyīng- (Chinese bird species) Japanese bush warbler (Cettia diphone)
běn- (Chinese bird species) Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)
běnzhúkuài- disposable chopsticks
běnjiǔ- Japanese rice wine
- sake
běnnǎoyán- Japanese encephalitis
běnhángkōng- Japanese airline (JAL, Japanese: Nihonkoukuu)
běnYínháng- Bank of Japan
běnguǐzi- Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
běnānchún- (Chinese bird species) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
běnlíng- (Chinese bird species) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
běnHēidào- Yakuza (Japanese mafia)
běnzhí- woody plant
Běn·dēng- Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
běnwèizhǔ- selfish departmentalism
- departmental selfishness
běnwèihuò- local currency
- our own currency
- abbr. to |
běnláimiàn- true colors
- true features
běnzhīróng- when the root is firm, the branches flourish
běnshù- background count
調běndiàochá- background investigation
běnshè- background radiation
běnzhēngxiàngliàng- eigenvector (math.)
- also written 特徵向量|特征向量
běnxìngnán- It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
- Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
běndàozhì- lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
- to stress the incidental over the fundamental
- to put the cart before the horse
běnběnzhǔ- book worship
- bookishness
BěncǎoGāng- Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
Běnshì- Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
shìbiāoběn- type specimen (used to define a species)
huìchéngběn- opportunity cost
zhèngchángchéngběn- normal cost (accountancy)
shǐchéngběn- historic cost (accounting)
shǐbǎnběn- historical edition
- revision history (of a web page)
chénchéngběn- sunk cost (economics)
yuányuánběnběn- variant of 原原[yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3]
zhàoběnxuān- a wooden word-by-word reading
shēngchǎnchéngběn- production costs
zhuìběn- spelling book
cǎoběnzhí- herbaceous plant
téngběnzhí- vine plant
kuīběnchūshòu- to sell at a loss
xuèběnguī- to lose one's life savings (e.g. after a bankruptcy)
- no return for one's hard-earned savings
rènjiǎoběn- subscribed capital (finance)
biànběnjiā- lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
- to aggravate
- to intensify
běnzhǔ- capitalism
běnchǔbèi- capital reserve
běnwàitáo- outflow of capital
běnshìchǎng- capital market
běn- capital requirement
zhuīběnqióngyuán- to trace sth back to its origin
liánběndài- both principal and interest
- capital plus profit
biānchéngběn- marginal cost
yínběnwèizhì- Silver Standard (monetary standard)
diànyǐngběn- screenplay
běnNièpánjīng- the great Nirvana sutra: every living thing has Buddha nature.
Shānběnshíliù- YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
Kuàiběnyíng- Happy Camp (PRC TV series)
píngběnnéngzuòshì- to follow one's nose
wénběnbiān- text editor
běnGòngtóngshè- Kyōdō, Japanese news agency
běnGòngchǎndǎng- Japanese Communist Party
běnsōngquèyīng- (Chinese bird species) Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
běnShèhuìdǎng- Japan Socialist Party
线běnchūxiàn- the first meridian
- the prime meridian
BěnyīnfāngXiù- Honinbo Shusaku (1829-1862), Japanese Go player
běnhuàruǎnjiàn- software localization
QiáoběnLóngtàiláng- HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
zhìbiāozhìběn- to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
ShénnóngBěncǎoJīng- Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
běndiànnǎo- laptop
- notebook (computer)
- CL:|[tai2],[bu4]
Yuēhàn·Běnrén- John Bunyan (1628-1688), English puritan writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress 天路歷程|天路历程
běnjīn- equity ratio
rénmínběnquán- fundamental civil rights
dàishùběndìng- fundamental theorem of algebra
xiàngběnYuán- the Four Cardinal Principles by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, proletariat's dictatorship, CPC's leadership, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
běnchāwěihǎiyàn- (Chinese bird species) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)
běnFàngsòngXiéhuì- NHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japanese national broadcasting company
běnJīngXīnwén- Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
běnguǎnjièmiàn- LMI
- local management interface (telecommunications)
Běn·shíliùshì- Pope Benedict XVI
- Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927-), pope 2005-2013
běnxíngshì- (math.) first fundamental form
běnsuàn- laptop
- notebook (computer)
jīnhuìduìběnwèizhì- gold exchange standard (economics)
sānhuàběnháng- to talk shop all the time (idiom)
rénzhīchū,xìngběnshàn- man at birth is fundamentally good in nature
- the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1]
dàishùxuéběndìng- fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)
zhùrénwéikuàizhīběn- pleasure from helping others
qínjiǎnwéizhīběn- hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
běnduōwénzhǒngpíngmiàn- basic multilingual plane (BMP)
wēifēnběndìng- fundamental theorem of calculus
滿BěnMǎnzhìxiàn- Benxi Manchu autonomous county in Benxi , Liaoning
chāowénběnchuánshūxiédìng- hypertext transfer protocol
- HTTP
chāowénběnchuánsòngxié- hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
chāowénběnbiāoyán- hypertext markup language
- HTML
jiājiāyǒuběnnánniàndejīng- Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
běnYuánNéngYánjiūsuǒ- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
běnDiànbàoDiànhuàGōng- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
- NTT
Běnjiémíng·lánlín- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat
线línzhìběnchūxiàn- the Greenwich meridian
jiāngshāngǎi,běnxìngnán- it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
- you can't change who you are
- Can the leopard change his spots?

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