本 běn in a sentence
This (mw for books - roots - original)
本 (běn) means This (mw for books - roots - original). Below are 24 of the 185 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我看完这 本 书了。
Wǒ kàn wán zhè běn shū le.
I have finished reading this book.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 完
我明年 本 科毕业。
Wǒ míngnián běnkē bìyè.
I graduate from my undergraduate degree next year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 本科
这 本 书去年出版。
Zhè běn shū qùnián chūbǎn.
This book was published last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 出版
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From the graded readers
这个周末我 本 来有很多打算。
zhège zhōumò wǒ běnlái yǒu hěnduō dǎsuàn.
I had a lot of plans for this weekend.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
上个星期天,我们 本 来要去公园玩。
shànggexīngqī tiān, wǒmen běnlái yāo qù gōngyuán wán / wàn.
Last Sunday we were supposed to go and play in the park.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
那条消息是她十四岁的弟弟发的, 本 来是开玩笑。
nà / nèi tiáo xiāoxi shì tā shísì suì de / dì dìdi fā de / dì, běnlái shì kāiwánxiào.
The message had been sent by her fourteen-year-old brother, as a joke.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
整理旧东西的时候,我在一 本 书里发现了一张老照片。
zhěnglǐ jiù dōngxī de / dì shíhou, wǒ zài yī běnshū lǐ fāxiànle yī zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn.
While sorting out old things I found an old photograph inside a book.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the grammar library
他买了两 本 书。
Tā mǎi le liǎng běn shū.
He bought two books.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我买了三 本 书。
Wǒ mǎi le sān běn shū.
I bought three books.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 了 — completed action and change of state
桌子上有一 本 书。
Zhuōzi shang yǒu yì běn shū.
There's a book on the table.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
请把那 本 书给我。
Qǐng bǎ nà běn shū gěi wǒ.
Please pass me that book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 把 sentences
这 本 书我看懂了。
Zhè běn shū wǒ kàndǒng le.
I understood this book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
我拿出一 本 书来。
Wǒ ná chū yì běn shū lái.
I took out a book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
本 appears in 185 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 本
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 本
How is 本 used in a sentence?
This page shows 185 sentences using 本 (běn, "This (mw for books - roots - original)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 本 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 本 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 本 an HSK word?
Yes — 本 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 本?
The dictionary page for 本 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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