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Traditional Characters: +
+ is only found in HSK 5.
This character forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
This character forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Corresponding Classifiers|Measure Words:
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Sample Sentences
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Stroke Order & Character Components
本 (běn): roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files, etc.; originally
- 木 (mù): tree
- 一 (yī): one
事 (shì): matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL: 件(jiàn), 樁|桩(zhuāng)
- 一 (yī): one
- 口 (kǒu): mouth
- 肀 (yù): pen
- 亅 (jué): hook
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 本
HSK 1 Word List
- 本 (běn): origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files, etc.; originally
HSK 3 Word List
- 笔记本 (bǐjìběn): notebook; CL: 本 (běn)
HSK 4 Word List
- 本来 (běn lái): original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
HSK 5 Word List
- 本科 (běn kē): undergraduate course; undergraduate (adjective)
- 本领 (běn lǐng): skill; ability; capability; CL:项 (xiàng) ,个 (gè)
- 本质 (běn zhì): essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
- 根本 (gēn běn): fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL: 个 (gè)
- 基本 (jī běn): basic; fundamental; main; elementary
HSK 6 Word List
- 版本 (bǎn běn): version; edition; release
- 本能 (běn néng): instinct
- 本钱 (běn qián): capital (finance); assets; means
- 本人 (běn rén): oneself; I (humble form used in speeches); myself; in person; personal
- 本身 (běn shēn): in itself; per se; itself
- 本事 (běn shi): ability; skill; source material; original story
- 标本 (biāo běn): specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease
- 成本 (chéng běn): (manufacturing, production, etc.) costs
- 剧本 (jù běn): script for play, opera, movie, etc.; screenplay
- 资本 (zī běn): capital (as in capitalism)
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 事
HSK 2 Word List
- 事情(shì qing): affair; matter; thing; business
HSK 3 Word List
- 故事(gù shi): story; tale; narrative
- 同事(tóng shì): colleague; co-worker; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi)
HSK 5 Word List
- 从事(cóng shì): to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 军事(jūn shì): military affairs; military matters; military
- 人事(rén shì): human resources; personnel; human affairs; ways of the world; consciousness of the world; what is humanly possible; personnel matters; sexual awareness; sexual passion; facts of life
- 事实(shì shí): a fact; the fact that; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 事物(shì wù): thing; object; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 事先(shì xiān): in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
HSK 6 Word List
- 本事(běn shi): ability; skill; source material; original story
- 当事人(dāng shì rén): persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
- 董事长(dǒng shì zhǎng): chairman of the board; chairman
- 领事馆(lǐng shì guǎn): consulate
- 启事(qǐshì): announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice
- 失事(shī shì): to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision, etc.); to mess things up
- 实事求是(shí shì qiú shì): to seek truth from facts (idiom); to be practical and realistic
- 时事(shí shì): current trends; the present situation; how things are going
- 事故(shì gù): accident; CL: 桩(zhuāng), 起(qǐ), 次(cì)
- 事迹(shì jì): deed; past achievement; important event of the past
- 事件(shì jiàn): event; happening; incident; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 事态(shì tài): situation; existing state of affairs
- 事务(shì wù): (political, economic, etc.) affairs; work
- 事项(shì xiàng): matter; item
- 事业(shì yè): undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 往事(wǎng shì): past events; former happenings
- 刑事(xíng shì): criminal; penal
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
