| 本 | 15C50 10.10 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄅㄣˇ [ben3] | ||
| N. adjunct. | A volume: 一本書 a book. | |||||
| N. | (1) Stem, root of plants: 艸本 grass family; 木本 plants with stiff trunks; 本草綱目 classical Chinese Materia Medica, a treatise on medicinal plants. (2) Foundation of things: 本末倒置，捨本逐末 attend to the superficials and neglect the essentials; 事有本末 (AC) there is distinction of the basic essentials and the periphery. (3) Origins: 源源本本 (trace) from the origins; 細說本末 recount the development from the beginning; see 本源 [ben3yUan2]↓; 忘本 (derog.) forget one's ancestry or ancestral tradition. (4) Capital (vs. interest), capital investment: 資本 capital in gen.; 本利 capital and interest; 不夠本，虧本，賠本，折本 lose money, cannot cover cost; 小本，無本 small, inadequate capital; see 本錢 [ben3qian2]↓. (5) Edition, manuscript copy: 原刻本 original edition; 抄本 manuscript copy; 臨本 copy of calligraphy or painting; 拓本，搨本 rubbings from stone inscriptions; 奏本 memorial to emperor; see 本兒，本子 [ben3er0], [ben3zi0]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) This, the present, our: 本日，本月，本週，本年 this day,month, week, year; 本埠，本市 local (mail), this city; 本國，本省 our country, this or our province; 本鄉 or 本鄉土兒 our (one's) local district; 本校 our school; 本號 our shop; 本人 [ben3ren2]↓; 本土 native (products, etc.). (2) Original: 本籍 one's ancestral district; 本意 original meaning or intention; 本義 original meaning. | |||||
| Adv. | Originally, indicating what is not, but should be (short for 本來): 本（來）應該如此 should have been so anyway, similarly 本應，本該，本當； 本（來）不如此 originally it was not so; 本屬，本是，本可 originally belong, should be, might; 本可合併討論 (the two problems) could have been discussed together. | |||||
| Words | 1. 本部 [ben3bu4], n., headquarters, as 參謀本部 military staff headquarters. 2. 本錢 [ben3qian2], n., capital investment, layout, sometimes display of a person's stock in trade, as physical charms of an attractive woman. 3. 本地 [ben3di4], n., & adj., native place or people, local; 本地人，話 local people, dialect; 本地出產 local product. 4. 本分 [ben3fen4], n., duty. 5. 本工兒 [ben3gong1er0], n., (coll.) what is one's duty. 6. 本行 [ben3hang2], n., (1) one's own profession: 這是我本行 this is my line; (2) our firm. 7. 本家 [ben3jia1], n., same clan or family: 本家兒 (a) same clan; (b) the family of bride, groom or deceased, etc. on occasions (wedding, funeral, accident, etc.): 新娘本家 bride's family. 8. 本金 [ben3jin1], n., ＝ [ben3qian2]↓. 9. 本州 [ben3zhou1], n., (1) Honshu, Japan's largest island; (2) this district. 10. 本主兒 [ben3zhu3er0], n., (law) rightful owner; person involved on certain occasions. 11. 本質 [ben3zhi2], n., innate character (of metal, children), essential character (of teachings). 12. 本旨 [ben3zhi3], n., main purpose, tenet. 13. 本兒 [ben3er0], n., (1) capital (money); (2) a copy, volume. 14. 本來 [ben3lai2], adv. & adj., originally, as a matter of fact: 本來不該他的事 (this matter) should not concern him; 本來面目 real (unmasked), original appearance or character. 15. 本利 [ben3li4], n., capital and interest; 本利和 total of capital and interest. 16. 本領 [ben3ling3], n., skill, skillful ability. 17. 本論 [ben3lun4], n., main tenet. 18. 本命年 [ben3ming4nian2], n., recurrent year in the ewelve-year cycle, of the same animal (rat, cow, etc.) as one's year of birth. 19. 本末 [ben3mo4], n., beginning and end, see N. 1↓; 紀 事本末93B.70 20. 本能 [ben3neng2], n., instinct, born ability. 21. 本票 [ben3piao4], n., promissory note; 銀行本票 cashier's check; 質押本票 collateral note; 動產抵押本票 cognovit note. 22. 本人 [ben3ren2], n., the person himself (applicant, plaintiff, etc.); (court.) I, myself＝鄙人 40S.22 23. 本色 [ben3se4], n., true color: 英雄本色 true color of a hero; natural color; n., 本色兒 [ben3se4er0], n., unstained, undyed color of article. 24. 本身 [ben3shen1], n., self, person himself: 本身品行 person's own conduct (apart from his preachings); itself (民族本身 the nation itself). 25. 本生 [ben3sheng1], adj., natural; 本生父母 one's real, natural parents. 26. 本性 [ben3xing4], n., man's natural character, what is born in man. 27. 本心 [ben3xin1], n., true intention; conscience: 非出於本心 was forced by others, not one's free will. 28. 本息 [ben3xi2], n., capital and interest (息＝利息). 29. 本師 [ben3shi1], n., one's master (in trade, religion). 30. 本事 [ben3shi4], n., (1) [ben3ling3]↑; (2) resume of story in plays, movies. 31. 本題 [ben3ti2], n., subject (of discussion). 32. 本子 [ben3zi0], n., volume, edition, version, see N.5↑. 33. 本字 [ben3zi4], n., the formal or early form of character, as opposed to later forms. 34. 本問 [ben3wen4], v.i., (arch.) investigate, question (＝盤問). 35. 本位 [ben3wei4], n., basis, basic unit: 金本位，銀本位 gold, ailver standard of currency; 本位主義 working for self as motive; 本位工作 one's proper duty. 36. 本務 [ben3wu4], n., proper duty. 37. 本業 [ben3ye4], n., one's main profession; original profession. 38. 本願 [ben3yUan4], n., true, real desire. 39. 本源 [ben3yUan2], n., origins. | |||||