本子
běn zi
Pinyin

Definition

本子
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běn zi
  1. book
  2. notebook
  3. edition
  4. CL:本[běn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

ér zi
  1. 1 son
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
nǚ zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)

Idioms (20)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive

Sample Sentences

我要买笔和本子。
wǒ yào mǎi bǐ hé běnzi 。
I want to buy pens and notebooks.
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几个本子?
jǐ ge běnzi ?
How many notebooks?
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三个本子。
sān ge běnzi 。
Three notebooks.
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行,我找个本子记下来。
xíng ,wǒ zhǎo ge běnzi jì xiàlai 。
OK. I'll look for a notebook and write it down.
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