běn

Part of speech
pronoun, adverb
Level
HSK 6
  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

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