本
běn
(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
桌上有三本书，都是我的。
zhuō shàng yǒu sān běn shū, dōu shì wǒ de。
There are three books on the table; they are all mine.
这本杂志是本月刚出版的。
zhè běn zázhì shì běn yuè gāng chūbǎn de。
This magazine was just published this month.
Words with 本
本乡
běn xiāng
home village
本行
běn háng
one's line
本体论
běn tǐ lùn
ontology
版本
bǎn běn
version
大本营
dà běn yíng
headquarters
根本
gēn běn
fundamental
本尊
běn zūn
the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar
本地化
běn dì huà
localization
超文本
chāo wén běn
hypertext
变本加厉
biàn běn jiā lì
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
户口本
hù kǒu běn
household register
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect