Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.stem or root of plants; stem; root
草本
grass family
水有源，木有本。
A stream has its source, a tree has its root.
本固枝荣
When the root is firm, the branches flourish.
antonym
- 2
pron.one's own; native
本校
our school
本单位
our unit
本地
this locality
- 3
n.book
账本
account book
买一个日记本。
Buy a diary book.
笔记本
notebook
synonym
- 4
measure wordvolume
两本账
two accounts
一本书
a book
这部电影有八本。
This is an eight-reel film.
synonym
- 5
adj.original; initial
本意
original idea
本属于
originally belong to
他本是河南人。
He was originally from Henan.
- 6
n.capital
亏本
lose money
吃老本
live off one's past gains
还本付息
pay back the capital plus interest
- 7
n.edition; version
平装本
paperbound edition
译本
translated version
原刻本
original edition
- 8
n.script; copy
剧本
script
话本
text of a story
抄本
manuscript copy
- 9
n.foundation; origin; basis
忘本
forget one's ancestry or tradition
胜利之本
the foundation of our triumph
舍本逐末
attend to the superficials and neglect the essentials
antonym
- 10
adj.major; central
本科
regular undergraduate course
本部
central department
- 11
pron.current; present
本年
this year
本条约
this treaty
本月
this month
- 12
n.follow; base on; according to
本着原则
base on the principle
- 13
n.memorial to the throne/emperor
修本
write a memorial
- 14
measure wordvolume; reel
Words and phrases with 本
- 本罪[word]principal crime
- 本钱[word]capital; qualification, ability, condition, etc. that one can rely on
- 本科[word]undergraduate course
- 本来[word]original; originally
- 本分[word]one's duty/part/obligation/job; be content with one's lot
- 本该[word]ought to have done
- 本义[word]literal sense
- 本文[word]this text/article; the original
- 本地[word]this locality
- 本小利微[idiom]small capital and little gain
- 本末倒置[idiom]turn a tree upside down
- 本本主义[idiom]book worship
- 本支百世[idiom]hundred generations of root and branches
- 本性难移[idiom]A leopard cannot change its spots.
- 本固枝荣[idiom]When the root is firm, the branches flourish.
- 本本分分[idiom]decorous
- 本来面目[idiom]true colours
- 本乡本土[idiom]native soil