本本 (běn běn) — every book; each book; (dismissive) a mere book…

Definition

Reduplication of 本 that gives an 'every/each' sense ('every book'), or, with 不过是…而已, a dismissive 'just a mere book'.

noun

every bookeach book(dismissive) a mere bookjust a book

Measure word · 本

Easily confused

本本。
Tā dú biàn le tú shū guǎn de běn běn.
He read every book in the library.
本本，。
Zhè bú guò shì běn běn ér yǐ, méi shén me tè bié de.
This is just a book, nothing special.
本本。
Tā duì běn běn dōu ài bú shì shǒu.
He loves every book and can't put them down.

Reduplicated word

构词法gòucífǎ

重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

本 means book; 本本 uses it twice to mean every book or just a book.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.