Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

běn

ㄅㄣˇ

  1. 1(bound form) root; stem
  2. 2(bound form) origin; source
  3. 3(bound form) one's own; this
  4. 4(bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. 5(bound form) original
  6. 6(bound form) inherent
  7. 7originally; initially
  8. 8capital; principal
  9. 9classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
Example

拿本書讀!

ná běn shū dú

Take a book and read it.

Keep and it comes back until you know it.

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