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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

本běn

(bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

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根本gēn běn

fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[gè]

本来běn lái

original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course

基本jī běn

basic / fundamental / main / elementary

剧本jù běn

script / screenplay / scenario / libretto

本地běn dì

local / this locality

本人běn rén

I / me / myself / oneself / yourself / himself / herself / the person concerned

本身běn shēn

itself / in itself / per se

本事běn shì

source material / original story

本事běn shi

ability / skill

本能běn néng

instinct

本质běn zhì

essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality

本性běn xìng

natural instincts / nature / inherent quality

本意běn yì

original idea / real intention / etymon

本色běn sè

inherent qualities / natural qualities / distinctive character / true qualities

本色běn shǎi

natural color

本土běn tǔ

one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory

本子běn zi

book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[běn] / edition

样本yàng běn

sample / specimen

原本yuán běn

originally / the original / original copy / original version

基本上jī běn shang

basically / on the whole

笔记本bǐ jì běn

notebook (stationery) (CL:本[běn]) / (computing) laptop / notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑[bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo])

版本bǎn běn

version / edition / release

成本chéng běn

(manufacturing, production etc) costs

副本fù běn

copy / duplicate / transcript / (gaming) dungeon / instance / private team mission

账本zhàng běn

account book

本领běn lǐng

skill / ability / capability / CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]

本市běn shì

this city / our city

本月běn yuè

this month / the current month

本部běn bù

headquarters / head office

本国běn guó

one's own country

本分běn fèn

(to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role

本钱běn qián

capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth)

本行běn háng

one's line / one's own profession

本来面目běn lái miàn mù

(idiom) true colors / true features / original appearance

本届běn jiè

current / this year

本科běn kē

undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive)

本着běn zhe

based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle

本职běn zhí

one's job

本体běn tǐ

main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)

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