Chinese Word Entry

本

Mandarin (Zhuyin):	ㄅㄣˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin):	běn
Cantonese (Jyutping):	bun2
Definitions:	(bound form) root; stem (bound form) origin; source (bound form) one's own; this (bound form) this; the current (year etc) (bound form) original (bound form) inherent originally; initially capital; principal classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

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本	book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things, root, source, basis

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