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本 (běn) — (bound form) root; origin; source

Definition

As a bound form meaning 'root; origin; source', 本 attaches to other morphemes (根本, 原本, 本来). Alone it is rarely used — it appears as a classifier for books or a pronoun for 'this/our' (HSK 1).

(bound form) rootoriginsource

Examples

  • 。
    Wǒ běn lái bù zhī dào zhè jiàn shì.
    I didn't know about this originally.
  • 。
    Zhè gēn běn bú shì wǒ de cuò.
    This is fundamentally not my fault.
  • 本。
    Zhè shì zuì běn de yāo qiú.
    This is the most basic requirement.

Grammar

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