本 běn
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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) -
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). -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
běn
pronoun
self
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 自己 (Guoyu '本' pronoun) -
běn
measure word
measure word for flowering plants
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (CCD '本' 2) -
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) -
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) -
běn
verb
according to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '本' 9; GHDC '本' 10; Guoyu '本' v) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
běn
noun
trunk of a tree
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 1, p. 14) -
běn
verb
to investigate the root of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 2a, p. 14) -
běn
noun
a manuscript for a play
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 5) -
běn
proper noun
Ben
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 8) -
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) -
běn
adjective
becoming, being, existing; bhava
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhāva, Tibetan: dngos (BCSD '本', p. 642; Mahāvyutpatti 'bhāvaḥ'; MW 'bhāva') -
běn
adjective
former; previous; pūrva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrva, or: pūrvā, or: ādi (BCSD '本', p. 642; MW 'pūrva')
Contained in
- 本物 shadow; counterpart; bimba
- 大日本佛教全书(大日本佛教全書) Dai Nippon Bukkyo zensho
- 人生本天 Narayana deva
- 大方广菩萨藏经中文殊师利根本一字陀罗尼经(大方廣菩薩藏經中文殊師利根本一字陀羅尼經) Dafangguang Pusa Cang Jing Zhongwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yizi Tuoluoni Jing
- 菩萨本业经(菩薩本業經) Sutra on Stories of the Former Karma of the Bodhisattva; Pusa Ben Ye Jing
- 本地风光(本地風光) inherent nature
- 如来根本之义(如來根本之義) the basic meaning of the teachings of the Tathāgata
- 名位谦让为先 生活俭朴为重 处众服务为本 心胸宽广为要(名位謙讓為先 生活儉樸為重 處眾服務為本 心胸寬廣為要) Humility comes before fame. Diligence and frugality are the core of life. Service is the basis of fellowship. Magnanimity is the key to a peaceful mind.
- 佛光大藏经·本缘藏(佛光大藏經·本緣藏) Fo Guang Buddhist Canon: Jataka Canon
- 根本智 Fundamental Wisdom ; fundamental wisdom
- 佛光山人间佛教本山徒众学术研讨会(佛光山人間佛教本山徒眾學術研討會) Academic Conference on Humanistic Buddhism for Members of the Fo Guang Shan Order
- 佛说药师如来本愿经(佛說藥師如來本願經) Sutra on the Vows of the Medicine Buddha; Yaoshi Rulai Benyuan Jing
- 湖州本 Sixi Yuanjue Canon
- 广百论本(廣百論本) Catuhsataka; Guang Bai Lun Ben
- 本同一种性(本同一種性) We all belong to the same family
- 海东有本现行录(海東有本現行錄) Haidong you Ben Xianxing Lu
- 优昙本花(優曇本花) udumbara; Indian fig tree
- 不乐本座(不樂本座) the heavenly palace appears unpleasant
- 本刹(本剎) main temple; home temple; this
- 日本奈良药师寺(日本奈良藥師寺) Yakushi Temple in Nara, Japan
- 般若灯根本中论颂(般若燈根本中論頌) Lamp of Discernment: Commentary on the Verses of the Middle Way
- 本相 original form ; original state of existence; having its own specific characteristics ; an omen
Also contained in
本票 、 日本歌鸲 、 基本完成 、 考本 、 股本回报率 、 禾本科 、 本科 、 变本加厉 、 日本米酒 、 巾箱本 、 本业 、 文本批评 、 本土 、 本原 、 精装本 、 预印本 、 影钞本 、 股本 、 孤本 、 基本定理 、 本市 、 正本 、 本题 、 实收资本 、 基本情绪 、 缩印本 、 绘本 、 笔记本计算机 、 实受资本
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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