běn
本
for books
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HSK 3.0 · 1
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Words with 本
本子 běn zi
book; notebook
HSK 1
课本 kè běn
textbook
HSK 1
笔记本 bǐ jì běn
notebook (stationery); notebook (computing)
HSK 2
根本 gēn běn
fundamental; basic
HSK 3
本来 běn lái
original; originally
HSK 3
基本 jī běn
basic; fundamental
HSK 3
基本上 jī běn shang
basically; on the whole
HSK 3
本事 běn shì
source material; original story
HSK 3
本领 běn lǐng
skill; ability
HSK 3
本科 běn kē
undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)
HSK 4
本人 běn rén
I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
HSK 5
剧本 jù běn
script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay
HSK 5
Examples from your lessons
- 请打开课本，读第五课的课文。 Please open your textbooks and read the text of Lesson Five. Lesson 107
- 我的书包里有三本书和两个本子。 There are three books and two notebooks in my schoolbag. Lesson 107
- 书包里有两本书。 There are two books in the schoolbag. Lesson 108
- 晚上十点。你最好拿上课本。 Ten p.m. You'd better bring your textbook. Lesson 116
- 这本书是我送你的。 This book is my present to you. Lesson 118
- 我送给妹妹一本书。 I gave my sister a book. 妹妹的生日
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