Forum Rocket Chinese Chinese Vocab 木(mù)=tree, 一(yī)=one; What do you think 本(běn) mean?

木(mù)=tree, 一(yī)=one; What do you think 本(běn) mean?

John-H8

John-H8

木(mù)=tree, 一(yī)=one; What do you think 本(běn) mean?
Robert-C7

Robert-C7

本(běn) is a measure word for books, as 一本书 (yī běn shū) I think it also means 'this'
John-H8

John-H8

本(běn) =roots or stems of plants / origin / source / this / the current / root / foundation / basis / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc / originally.

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