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Pronunciation : běn

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Meaning :
  1. book. (n)
  2. script. (n)
  3. one’s own; native. (adj)
  4. this; current. (adj)
  5. originally; at first. (adv)
  6. measure word (used for books, parts of a serial, etc.). (measure word)
Radical : 木
Strokes : 5
Traditional : 本
Usage : 59.8%
Sentences:
1. Hand out textbooks to the students.
bǎ kè běn fēn fā gěi tóng xué men 。
把 课 本 分 发 给 同 学 们 。

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把 : (preposition) used to shift the object to before the verb, which must be reduplicated or accompanied by some other word or expression
课本 : textbook
分发 : hand out
给 : preposition (used to introduce the recipient of an action) for, to
同学们 : students
2. The play has a very complicated plot.
zhè ge jù běn qíng jié hěn fù zá 。
这 个 剧 本 情 节 很 复 杂 。

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这 : this
个 : measure word
剧本 : script, play
情节 : plot
很 : very
复杂 : compliated
3. Life itself is a learning process.
shēng huó běn shēn shì gè xué xí de guò chéng 。
生 活 本 身 是 个 学 习 的 过 程 。

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生活 : life
本身 : itself
是 : is
个 : measure word
学习 : learning
的 : (particle) used after an attribute; of
过程 : process
4. The 20th of this month is the closing day for applications.
shēn qǐnɡ dào běn yuè èr shí rì jié zhǐ 。
申 请 到 本 月 二 十 日 截 止 。

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申请 : apply, application
到 : untill
本 : this, current
月 : month
二十 : twenty, twentieth
日 : day
截止 : stop, close
5. He originally want to buy two books.
tā běn lái xiǎng mǎi liǎng běn shū 。
他 本 来 想 买 两 本 书 。

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他 : he
本来 : originally
想 : want to
买 : buy
两 : two
本 : measure word
书 : book
6. Originally I didn’t want to go.
Wǒ běn xiǎng bú qù。
我 本 想 不 去 。

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我 : I
本 : originally
想 : want to
不去 : not going
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December 8th, 2009 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , ,

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