VocabularyHSK 3 · core

本

běn

measure word for books

Part of speech · measure word

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本book
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Examples

  1. 我有三本书。
    I have three books.
  2. 这本词典很好。
    This dictionary is great.

Collocations

一本书这本那本

Mnemonic

本 běn — measure word for books, dictionaries, magazines. Originally "tree root" (木 with a horizontal stroke marking the root). Same character as Japanese 本 hon (book / origin / counter).

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