| 本 | běn | roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental; main; elementary |
| 日本 | Rì běn | Japan; Japanese |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:个 |
| 资本主义 | zī běn zhǔ yì | capitalism |
| 本身 | běn shēn | itself; in itself; per se |
| 资本 | zī běn | capital (as in capitalism) |
| 成本 | chéng běn | (manufacturing, production etc) costs |
| 本质 | běn zhì | essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality |
| 资本家 | zī běn jiā | capitalist |
| 本来 | běn lái | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course |
| 基本上 | jī běn shang | basically; on the whole |
| 本国 | běn guó | one's own country |
| 本人 | běn rén | the person himself; I (humble form used in speeches); oneself; myself; in person; personal |
| 本性 | běn xìng | natural instincts; nature; inherent quality |
| 本地 | běn dì | local; this locality |
| 本领 | běn lǐng | skill; ability; capability; CL:项,个 |
| 课本 | kè běn | textbook; CL:本 |
| 剧本 | jù běn | script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay |
| 标本 | biāo běn | specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease |
| 日本人 | Rì běn rén | Japanese person or people |
| 本文 | běn wén | this text; article; the main body of a book |
| 本能 | běn néng | instinct |
| 样本 | yàng běn | sample; specimen |
| 对本 | duì běn | (a return) equal to the capital; 100 percent profit |
| 书本 | shū běn | book; CL:本 |
| 资本论 | Zī běn lùn | Das Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx 卡尔・马克思[Ka3 er3 · Ma3 ke4 si1] |
| 本题 | běn tí | the subject under discussion; the point at issue |
| 本月 | běn yuè | this month; the current month |
| 本事 | běn shì | source material; original story |
| 本事 | běn shi | ability; skill |
| 本部 | běn bù | headquarters; home office |
| 本着 | běn zhe | based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle |
| 原本 | yuán běn | originally; original; abbr. for Euclid's elements 几何原本 |
| 本纪 | běn jì | biographic sketch of an emperor |
| 本子 | běn zi | book; notebook; edition; CL:本 |
| 基本功 | jī běn gōng | basic skills; fundamentals |
| 本科 | běn kē | undergraduate course; undergraduate (adjective) |
| 本体 | běn tǐ | main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) |
| 本色 | běn sè | inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities |
| 本色 | běn shǎi | natural color |
| 基本原则 | jī běn yuán zé | fundamental doctrine; guiding principle; raison d'être |
| 本钱 | běn qián | capital |
| 禾本科 | hé běn kē | Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family |
| 基本粒子 | jī běn lì zǐ | elementary particle |
| 本位 | běn wèi | standard; one's own department or unit |
| 抄本 | chāo běn | handwritten copy |
| 本届 | běn jiè | current; this year |
| 不变资本 | bù biàn zī běn | constant capital |
| 本垒 | běn lěi | home base; home plate (in baseball) |
