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本 běn
本 (běn) means "root". It is a word from HSK 1 (M), number 51 in this course by how often it appears.
- Meaning
- root; stem; origin; source; one's own; this
- Pinyin
- běn
- Level
- HSK 1
- Characters
- 本
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Example sentences
- 拿本书读！
Take a book and read it.
Tatoeba: fucongcong / CK - 这是日本。
Here is Japan.
Tatoeba: fucongcong / saasmath - 看这本书。
Read this book.
Tatoeba: fucongcong / CK
Learned together
In the course, "本" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.