本 bun² {běn}

capital (funds)

本 bun² {běn}

1. roots or stems of plants
2. origin
3. source
4. this
5. the current
6. root
7. foundation
8. basis
9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
10. originally

本錢〔-钱〕 bun² cin⁴ {běn qián}

(noun) Cost

本來〔-来〕 bun² loi⁴ {běn lái}

(adverb) initial

本銀〔-银〕 bun² ngan⁴ {běn yín}

capital (old slang)

本心 bun² sam¹ {běn xīn}

conscience

本幣〔-币〕 bun² bai⁶ {běn bì}

1. local currency
2. our own currency
3. abbr. for 本位貨幣

本報〔-报〕 bun² bou³ {běn bào}

this newspaper

本部 bun² bou⁶ {běn bù}

1. headquarters
2. head office

本本 bun² bun² {běn běn}

1. notebook computer (diminutive)
2. laptop

本茨 bun² ci⁴ {Běn cí}

1. Benz (name)
2. Karl Benz (1844-1929), motor car pioneer

本錢〔-钱〕 bun² cin⁴ {běn qián}

1. capital
2. (fig.) asset
3. advantage
4. the means (to do sth)

本朝 bun² ciu⁴ {běn cháo}

the current dynasty

本草 bun² cou² {běn cǎo}

1. a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
2. Chinese materia medica

本處〔-处〕 bun² cyu³ {běn chù}

1. here
2. this place

本底 bun² dai² {běn dǐ}

background

本地 bun² dei⁶ {běn dì}

1. local
2. this locality

本島〔-岛〕 bun² dou² {běn dǎo}

main island

本分 bun² fan⁶ {běn fèn}

1. (to play) one's part
2. one's role
3. one's duty
4. (to stay within) one's bounds

本埠 bun² fau⁶ {běn bù}

1. this city
2. this town

本科 bun² fo¹ {běn kē}

1. undergraduate course
2. undergraduate (attributive)

本俸 bun² fung² {běn fèng}

basic salary

本家 bun² gaa¹ {běn jiā}

1. a member of the same clan
2. a distant relative with the same family name

本屆〔-届〕 bun² gaai³ {běn jiè}

1. current
2. this year

本金 bun² gam¹ {běn jīn}

1. capital
2. principal

本紀〔-纪〕 bun² gei² {běn jì}

biographic sketch of an emperor

本經〔-经〕 bun² ging¹ {běn jīng}

1. classic book
2. sutra

本國〔-国〕 bun² gwok³ {běn guó}

one's own country

本鄉〔-乡〕 bun² hoeng¹ {běn xiāng}

1. home village
2. one's native place

本行 bun² hong² {běn háng}

1. one's line
2. one's own profession

本人 bun² jan⁴ {běn rén}

1. the person himself
2. I (humble form used in speeches)
3. oneself
4. myself
5. in person
6. personal

本日 bun² jat⁶ {běn rì}

today

本意 bun² ji³ {běn yì}

1. original idea
2. real intention
3. etymon

本義〔-义〕 bun² ji⁶ {běn yì}

1. original meaning
2. literal sense

本應〔-应〕 bun² jing¹ {běn yīng}

1. should have
2. ought to have

本影 bun² jing² {běn yǐng}

umbra

本業〔-业〕 bun² jip⁶ {běn yè}

1. business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying)
2. original business
3. core business
4. (literary) agriculture

本源 bun² jyun⁴ {běn yuán}

1. origin
2. source

本月 bun² jyut⁶ {běn yuè}

1. this month
2. the current month

本溪 bun² kai¹ {Běn xī}

Benxi prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省 in northeast China

本期 bun² kei⁴ {běn qī}

1. the current period
2. this term (usually in finance)

本利 bun² lei⁶ {běn lì}

1. principal and interest
2. capital and profit

本領〔-领〕 bun² leng⁵ {běn lǐng}

1. skill
2. ability
3. capability
4. CL: 項,個

本壘〔-垒〕 bun² leoi⁵ {běn lěi}

1. home base
2. home plate (in baseball)

本來〔-来〕 bun² loi⁴ {běn lái}

1. original
2. originally
3. at first
4. it goes without saying
5. of course

本文 bun² man⁴ {běn wén}

1. this text
2. article
3. the main body of a book

本末 bun² mut⁶ {běn mò}

1. the whole course of an event from beginning to end
2. ins and outs
3. the fundamental and the incidental

本能 bun² nang⁴ {běn néng}

instinct

本我 bun² ngo⁵ {běn wǒ}

1. id
2. the self

本票 bun² piu³ {běn piào}

cashier's check

本身 bun² san¹ {běn shēn}

1. itself
2. in itself
3. per se

本市 bun² si⁵ {běn shì}

1. this city
2. our city

本事 bun² si⁶ {běn shì}

1. source material
2. original story

本事 bun² si⁶ {běn shi}

1. ability
2. skill

本色 bun² sik¹ {běn sè}

1. inherent qualities
2. natural qualities
3. distinctive character
4. true qualities

本色 bun² sik¹ {běn shǎi}

natural color

本息 bun² sik¹ {běn xī}

principal and interest (on a loan)

本性 bun² sing³ {běn xìng}

1. natural instincts
2. nature
3. inherent quality

本相 bun² soeng³ {běn xiàng}

original form

本體〔-体〕 bun² tai² {běn tǐ}

1. main part
2. torso
3. the thing in itself
4. noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)

本題〔-题〕 bun² tai⁴ {běn tí}

1. the subject under discussion
2. the point at issue

本田 bun² tin⁴ {Běn tián}

Honda (Japanese name)

本臺〔-台〕 bun² toi⁴ {běn tái}

this radio station

本土 bun² tou² {běn tǔ}

1. one's native country
2. native
3. local
4. metropolitan territory

本位 bun² wai⁶ {běn wèi}

1. standard
2. one's own department or unit

本質〔-质〕 bun² zat¹ {běn zhì}

1. essence
2. nature
3. innate character
4. intrinsic quality

本州 bun² zau¹ {Běn zhōu}

Honshū, the main island of Japan

本罪 bun² zeoi⁶ {běn zuì}

actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)

本子 bun² zi² {běn zi}

1. book
2. notebook
3. edition
4. CL: 本

本字 bun² zi⁶ {běn zì}

original form of a Chinese character

本職〔-职〕 bun² zik¹ {běn zhí}

one's job

本著〔-着〕 bun² zoek⁶ {běn zhe}

1. based on...
2. in conformance with..
3. taking as one's main principle

本地菜 bun² dei⁶ coi³ {běn dì cài}

(noun) local cuisine; or (slang) local girls

本地雞〔--鸡〕 bun² dei⁶ gai¹ {běn dì jī}

(noun) locals

本地人 bun² dei⁶ jan⁴ {běndìrén}

(noun) Locals or local people

本港台 bun² gong² toi⁴ {běn Gǎng Tái}

ATV Home (Asian Television Ltd, Home Channel)

本幫菜〔-帮-〕 bun² bong¹ coi³ {běn bāng cài}

Shanghainese food

本地化 bun² dei⁶ faa³ {běn dì huà}

1. localization
2. adaptation (to foreign environment)

本地人 bun² dei⁶ jan⁴ {běn dì rén}

native person (of a country)

本科生 bun² fo¹ sang¹ {běn kē shēng}

undergraduate student

本傑明〔-杰-〕 bun² git⁶ ming⁴ {Běn jié míng}

Benjamin (person name)

本國人〔-国-〕 bun² gwok³ jan⁴ {běn guó rén}

natives of one's own country

本因坊 bun² jan¹ fong¹ {Běn yīn fāng}

1. Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940)
2. title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)

本益比 bun² jik¹ bei² {běn yì bǐ}

P⁄ E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)

本溪縣〔--县〕 bun² kai¹ jyun⁶ {Běn xī xiàn}

Benxi Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪, Liaoning

本溪市 bun² kai¹ si⁵ {Běn xī shì}

Benxi prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省 in northeast China

本拉登 bun² laai¹ dang¹ {Běn Lā dēng}

(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

本壘打〔-垒-〕 bun² leoi⁵ daa² {běn lěi dǎ}

home run (baseball)

本命年 bun² ming⁶ nin⁴ {běn mìng nián}

year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支

本尼迪 bun² nei⁴ dik⁶ {Běn ní dí}

Benedictus

本年度 bun² nin⁴ dou⁶ {běn nián dù}

1. this year
2. the current year

本內特〔-内-〕 bun² noi⁶ dak⁶ {Běn nèi tè}

Bennett (surname)

本省人 bun² saang² jan⁴ {běn shěng rén}

1. people of this province
2. (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants

本生燈〔--灯〕 bun² sang¹ dang¹ {Běn shēng dēng}

Bunsen burner

本星期 bun² sing¹ kei⁴ {běn xīng qī}

this week

本體論〔-体论〕 bun² tai² leon⁶ {běn tǐ lùn}

ontology

本土化 bun² tou² faa³ {běn tǔ huà}

1. to localize
2. localization

本土派 bun² tou² paai³ {běn tǔ pài}

1. local faction
2. pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics)

本位號〔--号〕 bun² wai⁶ hou⁶ {běn wèi hào}

(music notation) natural sign, ♮

本位音 bun² wai⁶ jam¹ {běn wèi yīn}

(music) natural note

本位制 bun² wai⁶ zai³ {běn wèi zhì}

monetary standard

本質上〔-质-〕 bun² zat¹ soeng⁶ {běn zhì shàng}

1. essentially
2. inherent

本徵值〔-征-〕 bun² zing¹ zik⁶ {běn zhēng zhí}

1. eigenvalue (math.)
2. also written 特徵值

本族語〔--语〕 bun² zuk⁶ jyu⁵ {běn zú yǔ}

1. native language
2. mother tongue

本地狀元〔--状-〕 bun² dei⁶ zong⁶ jyun⁴ {běn dì zhuàng yuan}

(noun) top local students

本土主義〔---义〕 bun² tou² zyu² ji⁶ {běn tǔ zhǔ yì}

nativism

本本主義〔---义〕 bun² bun² zyu² ji⁶ {běn běn zhǔ yì}

1. book worship
2. bookishness

本草綱目〔--纲-〕 bun² cou² gong¹ muk⁶ {Běn cǎo Gāng mù}

Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍

本底調查〔--调-〕 bun² dai² diu⁶ caa⁴ {běn dǐ diào chá}

background investigation

本底輻射〔--辐-〕 bun² dai² fuk¹ se⁶ {běn dǐ fú shè}

background radiation

本底計數〔--计数〕 bun² dai² gai³ sou³ {běn dǐ jì shù}

background count

本固枝榮〔---荣〕 bun² gu³ zi¹ wing⁴ {běn gù zhī róng}

when the root is firm, the branches flourish

本來面目〔-来--〕 bun² loi⁴ min⁶ muk⁶ {běn lái miàn mù}

1. true colors
2. true features

本末倒置 bun² mut⁶ dou² zi³ {běn mò dào zhì}

1. lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
2. to stress the incidental over the fundamental
3. to put the cart before the horse

本那比市 bun² naa⁵ bei² si⁵ {Běn nà bǐ shì}

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

本性難移〔--难-〕 bun² sing³ naan⁴ ji⁴ {běn xìng nán yí}

1. It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
2. Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)

本位貨幣〔--货币〕 bun² wai⁶ fo³ bai⁶ {běn wèi huò bì}

1. local currency
2. our own currency
3. abbr. to 本幣

本位主義〔---义〕 bun² wai⁶ zyu² ji⁶ {běn wèi zhǔ yì}

1. selfish departmentalism
2. departmental selfishness

本徵向量〔-征--〕 bun² zing¹ hoeng³ loeng⁶ {běn zhēng xiàng liàng}

1. eigenvector (math.)
2. also written 特徵向量

本地薑唔辣〔--姜--〕 bun² dei⁶ goeng¹ m⁴ laat⁶ {běn dì jiāng ń là}

the expression that local goods or people are often underestimated compared to imported goods or people

本初子午線〔----线〕 bun² co¹ zi² ng⁵ sin³ {běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn}

1. the first meridian
2. the prime meridian

本因坊秀策 bun² jan¹ fong¹ sau³ caak³ {Běn yīn fāng Xiù cè}

Honinbo Shusaku (1829-1862), Japanese Go player

本土化軟件〔---软-〕 bun² tou² faa³ jyun⁵ gin² {běn tǔ huà ruǎn jiàn}

software localization

本地生產總值〔---产总-〕 bun² dei⁶ sang¹ caan² zung² zik⁶ {běn dì shēng chǎn zǒng zhí}

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

本地管理界面 bun² dei⁶ gun² lei⁵ gaai³ min⁶ {běn dì guǎn lǐ jiè miàn}

1. LMI
2. local management interface (telecommunications)

本溪滿族自治縣〔--满---县〕 bun² kai¹ mun⁵ zuk⁶ zi⁶ zi⁶ jyun⁶ {Běn xī Mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn}

Benxi Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪, Liaoning