Phrases:
- 版本 bǎn běn
- version, edition, release
- 本草 běn cǎo
- a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine, Chinese materia medica
- 本底 běn dǐ
- background
- 本地 běn dì
- local, this locality
- 本份 běn fèn
- one's duty
- 本國 běn guó
- one's own country
- 本行 běn háng
- one's line, one's own profession
- 本家 běn jiā
- a member of the same clan, a distant relative with the same family name
- 本屆 běn jiè
- current, this year
- 本金 běn jīn
- capital, principal
- 本科 běn kē
- undergraduate course, regular college course
- 本來 běn lái
- original, originally, at first, it goes without saying, of course
- 本壘 běn lěi
- home base
- 本領 běn lǐng
- skill, ability, capability
- 本末 běn mò
- the whole course of an event from beginning to end, ins and outs, the fundamental and the incidental
- 本能 běn néng
- instinct
- 本票 běn piào
- cashier's check
- 本錢 běn qián
- capital
- 本人 běn rén
- I (me|myself), oneself, in person, personal
- 本色 běn sè
- inherent qualities, natural qualities, distinctive character, true qualities
- 本色 běn shǎi
- natural color
- 本身 běn shēn
- itself, in itself, per se
- 本事 běn shì
- ability, skill, source material, original story
- 本題 běn tí
- the subject under discussion, the point at issue
- 本體 běn tǐ
- noumenon, thing-in-itself
- 本土 běn tǔ
- one's native country, metropolitan territory
- 本位 běn wèi
- standard, one's own department or unit
- 本文 běn wén
- this text, article, the main body of a book
- 本溪 Běn xī
- (N) Benxi (city in Liaoning)
- 本性 běn xìng
- natural instincts, nature, inherent quality
- 本意 běn yì
- original idea, real intention, etymon
- 本義 běn yì
- original meaning, literal sense
- 本影 běn yǐng
- umbra
- 本源 běn yuán
- origin, source
- 本月 běn yuè
- this month, the current month
- 本著 běn zhe5
- (conj) based on...; in conformance with.., taking as one's main principle
- 本職 běn zhí
- one's job
- 本質 běn zhì
- essence, nature, innate character, intrinsic quality
- 本周 běn zhōu
- this week
- 本州 běn zhōu
- Honshu
- 本字 běn zì
- (ling.) original character
- 本子 běn zi5
- book, notebook, edition
- 標本 biāo běn
- specimen, sample, the root cause and symptoms of a disease
- 抄本 chāo běn
- handwritten copy
- 成本 chéng běn
- (manufacturing, production, etc.) costs
- 副本 fù běn
- duplicate, transcript
- 複本 fù běn
- copy
- 根本 gēn běn
- (not) at all, simply, fundamental, basic, root
- 基本 jī běn
- basic, fundamental, main
- 腳本 jiǎo běn
- script
- 劇本 jù běn
- (n) play, opera, or movie script
- 課本 kè běn
- textbook
- 橋本 qiáo běn
- (Japanese surname) Hashimoto
- 日本 rì běn
- Japan, Japanese
- 書本 shū běn
- book
- 文本 wén běn
- version, text
- 樣本 yàng běn
- sample, specimen
- 原本 yuán běn
- originally, original
- 資本 zī běn
- capital (as in capitalism)