坋
dust; to dust; a bank of earth; to bring together; to dig; also pr. [fen4]
坌
variant of 坋[ben4]; old variant of 笨[ben4]
奔
to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope
奔
to go to; to head for; towards
本
root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
奔
(used in given names); variant of 奔[ben1]
畚
a basket or pan used for earth; manure etc
笨
stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy
苯
benzene; benzol (chemistry)
奔
variant of 奔[ben1]; variant of 奔[ben4]
奔三
Pentium III microprocessor, abbr. for 奔騰三|奔腾三
奔命
to rush about on errands; to be kept on the run
奔丧
hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent
奔奔族
lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)
奔忙
to be busy rushing about; to bustle about
奔放
bold and unrestrained; untrammeled
奔波
to rush about; to be constantly on the move
奔流
to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current
奔泻
(of torrents) rush down; pour down
奔走
to run; to rush about; to be on the go
奔走相告
to spread the news (idiom)
奔赴
to rush to; to hurry to
奔头
sth to strive for; prospect
奔头儿
erhua variant of 奔頭|奔头[ben4 tou5]
奔马
(literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
奔驰
Benz (name); Mercedes-Benz, German car maker
奔驰
to run quickly; to speed; to gallop
奔腾
Pentium (microprocessor by Intel)
奔腾
(of waves) to surge forward; to roll on in waves; to gallop
本·拉登
Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
本事
source material; original story
本人
the person himself; I (humble form used in speeches); oneself; myself; in person; personal
本位
standard; one's own department or unit
本位主义
selfish departmentalism; departmental selfishness
本位号
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
本位货币
local currency; our own currency; abbr. to 本幣|本币
本来
original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
本来面目
true colors; true features
本杰明
Benjamin (person name)
本杰明·富兰克林
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat
本分
(to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role
本初子午线
the first meridian; the prime meridian
本利
principal and interest; capital and profit
本名
original name; real name; personal name
本命年
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
本因坊
Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940); title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)
本因坊秀策
Honinbo Shusaku (1829-1862), Japanese Go player
本固枝荣
when the root is firm, the branches flourish
本国人
natives of one's own country
本土
one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory
本土化
to localize; localization
本土派
local faction; pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics)
本地人
native person (of a country)
本地化
localization; adaptation (to foreign environment)
本地管理界面
LMI; local management interface (telecommunications)
本垒
home base; home plate (in baseball)
本子
book; notebook; edition; CL:本[ben3]
本字
original form of a Chinese character
本家
a member of the same clan; a distant relative with the same family name
本州
Honshū, the main island of Japan
本币
local currency; our own currency; abbr. for 本位貨幣|本位货币
本年度
this year; the current year
本底调查
background investigation
本征值
eigenvalue (math.); also written 特徵值|特征值
本征向量
eigenvector (math.); also written 特徵向量|特征向量
本性
natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
本性难移
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.; Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
本息
principal and interest (on a loan)
本意
original idea; real intention; etymon
本应
should have; ought to have
本拉登
(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
本文
this text; article; the main body of a book
本族语
native language; mother tongue
本月
this month; the current month
本期
the current period; this term (usually in finance)
本末
the whole course of an event from beginning to end; ins and outs; the fundamental and the incidental
本末倒置
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect; to stress the incidental over the fundamental; to put the cart before the horse
本本
notebook computer (diminutive); laptop
本本主义
book worship; bookishness
本业
business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying); original business; core business; (literary) agriculture
本溪
Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
本溪市
Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
本溪满族自治县
Benxi Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪, Liaoning
本溪县
Benxi Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪, Liaoning
本益比
P⁄ E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
本省人
people of this province; (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
本科
undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)
本笃·十六世
Pope Benedict XVI; Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927-), pope 2005-2013
本纪
biographic sketch of an emperor
本罪
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
本义
original meaning; literal sense
本色
inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities
本茨
Benz (name); Karl Benz (1844-1929), motor car pioneer
本草
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese materia medica
本草纲目
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
本着
based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle
本行
one's line; one's own profession
本质
essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
本身
itself; in itself; per se
本那比
see 本那比市[Ben3 na4 bi3 shi4]
本那比市
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
本部
headquarters; head office
本乡
home village; one's native place
本钱
capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
本领
skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
本题
the subject under discussion; the point at issue
本体
main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
畚箕
a bamboo or wicker scoop; dustpan
笨嘴拙腮
see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2]
笨嘴拙舌
clumsy in speech; poor speaker
笨嘴笨舌
clumsy in speaking; awkward; inarticulate
笨拙
clumsy; awkward; stupid
笨重
heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy
笨鸟先飞
lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
苯丙氨酸
phenylalanine (Phe), an essential amino acid
苯丙酮尿症
phenylketonuria (medicine)
苯并噻吩
benzothiophene C8H9, a heterocyclic compound (with one benzene ring and one cyclopentene ring)
苯环
benzene ring (chemistry)
苯甲酰氯
benzoil chloride C6H5COCl
苯甲酸钠
sodium benzoate, E211 (a food preservative)
苯甲醛
benzaldehyde C6H5CHO, the simplest aromatic aldehyde
苯胺
aniline C6H5NH2; aminobenzene
苯酮尿症
phenylketonuria (PKU)