本

cǎo běn

草本

grass family

shuǐ yǒu yuán mù yǒu běn

水有源，木有本。

A stream has its source, a tree has its root.

běn gù zhī róng

本固枝荣

When the root is firm, the branches flourish.

mù běn

木本

plants with stiff trunks

běn xiào

本校

our school

běn dān wèi

本单位

our unit

běn dì

本地

this locality

běn shì

本市

this city

zhàng běn

账本

account book

mǎi yī gè rì jì běn

买一个日记本。

Buy a diary book.

bǐ jì běn

笔记本

notebook

hù kǒu běn

户口本

residence booklet

liǎng běn zhàng

两本账

two accounts

yī běn shū

一本书

a book

zhè bù diàn yǐng yǒu bā běn

这部电影有八本。

This is an eight-reel film.

wǒ mǎi le yī běn cān kǎo shū

我买了一本参考书。

I bought a book of reference.

běn yì

本意

original idea

běn shǔ yú

本属于

originally belong to

tā běn shì hé nán rén

他本是河南人。

He was originally from Henan.

běn zhì

本质

nature

kuī běn

亏本

lose money

chī lǎo běn

吃老本

live off one's past gains

huán běn fù xī

还本付息

pay back the capital plus interest

wú běn

无本

inadequate capital

píng zhuāng běn

平装本

paperbound edition

yì běn

译本

translated version

yuán kè běn

原刻本

original edition

shǒu chāo běn

手抄本

manuscript

jù běn

剧本

script

huà běn

话本

text of a story

chāo běn

抄本

manuscript copy

wàng běn

忘本

forget one's ancestry or tradition

shèng lì zhī běn

胜利之本

the foundation of our triumph

shě běn zhú mò

舍本逐末

attend to the superficials and neglect the essentials

běn kē

本科

regular undergraduate course

běn bù

本部

central department

běn nián

本年

this year

běn tiáo yuē

本条约

this treaty

běn yuè

本月

this month

běn zhōu

本周

this week

běn zhe yuán zé

本着原则

base on the principle

xiū běn

修本

write a memorial