běn
本 (běn) is a Chinese word meaning “(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this”.
Meanings
- 1(bound form) root; stem
- 2(bound form) origin; source
- 3(bound form) one's own; this
- 4(bound form) this; the current (year etc)
- 5(bound form) original
- 6(bound form) inherent
- 7originally; initially
- 8capital; principal
- 9classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- Part of speech
- pronoun, adverb