běn

  1. běn measure word measure word for books
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (CCD 2 '本' 5; FE '本' 4; Guoyu '本' n 7; HSK 268 '本' 1)
  2. běn pronoun this (city, week, etc)
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Also classified as a determiner (CCD '本' 8; FE '本' 6; GHDC '本' 9; HSK 269 '本' 2).
  3. běn adverb originally; formerly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 本来 (CCD '本' 6; FE '本' 3; GHDC '本' 6; HSK 267 '本' 3; Guoyu '本' adv; Kroll 2015 '本' 3a, p. 14)
  4. běn verb to be one's own
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '本' 7; FE '本' 6; GHDC '本' 4; HSK 269 '本' 1; Kroll 2015 '本' 4, p. 14)
  5. běn noun origin; source; root; foundation; basis
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 本原 (CCD '本' 3; FE '本' 2; GHDC '本' 2; Guoyu '本' n 2; Kroll 2015 '本' 3, p. 14)
  6. běn noun the roots of a plant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 草木 (CCD '本' 1; FE '本' 1; GHDC '本' 1; Guoyu '本' n 1; Kroll 2015 '本' 2, p. 14)
  7. běn pronoun self
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 自己 (Guoyu '本' pronoun)
  8. běn measure word measure word for flowering plants
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (CCD '本' 2)
  9. běn noun capital
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 本金 (CCD '本' 4; GHDC '本' 7; HSK 268 '本' 2; Guoyu '本' n 3; Kroll 2015 '本' 6, p. 14)
  10. běn adjective main; central; primary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 主要的 (CCD '本' 5; Guoyu '本' adj 1)
  11. běn verb according to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '本' 9; GHDC '本' 10; Guoyu '本' v)
  12. běn noun a version; an edition
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 版本 (CCD 2 '本' 2; GHDC '本' 12; Kroll 2015 '本' 5, p. 14)
  13. běn noun a memorial [presented to the emperor]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 奏本 (CCD 2 '本' 2; GHDC '本' 14; Guoyu '本' n 6)
  14. běn noun a book
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 书籍 (CCD 2 '本' 1; GHDC '本' 11; Guoyu '本' n 4; HSK 268 '本' 1)
  15. běn noun trunk of a tree
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 1, p. 14)
  16. běn verb to investigate the root of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 2a, p. 14)
  17. běn noun a manuscript for a play
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 5)
  18. běn proper noun Ben
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 8)
  19. běn noun root; origin; mula
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mūla, Japanese: bon, or: hon, or: pon (BCSD '本', p. 642; DJBT '本', p. 432; MW 'mūla'; SH '本', p. 189)
  20. běn adjective becoming, being, existing; bhava
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhāva, Tibetan: dngos (BCSD '本', p. 642; Mahāvyutpatti 'bhāvaḥ'; MW 'bhāva')
  21. běn adjective former; previous; pūrva
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrva, or: pūrvā, or: ādi (BCSD '本', p. 642; MW 'pūrva')

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  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 405
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 390
  • Scroll 7 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Yi 妙法蓮華經玄義 — count: 302 , has English translation
  • Scroll 11 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 282
  • Scroll 12 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 249
  • Scroll 23 Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings (Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu) 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 231
  • Scroll 13 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 231
  • Scroll 1 Huayan You Yi 華嚴遊意 — count: 221
  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 211
  • Scroll 1 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 205