Word: 本 (běn)

为了买这本书，我去了东京。

Wèile mǎi zhè běn shū, wǒ qùle Dōngjīng.

I went to Tokyo to buy this book.

为什么这本书的销量一直上不去？

Wèishénme zhè běn shū de xiāoliàng yìzhí shàngbúqù?

Why have this book's sales never picked up?

书架上那本画册是谁的？

Shūjià shàng nà běn huàcè shì shéi de?

Whose is that picture album on the bookshelf?

事情本可以处理得更好。

Shìqing běn kěyǐ chǔlǐ de gèng hǎo.

Things could've gone better.

人人有本难念的经

rénrén yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng

everyone has a scripture that is hard to recite

他一直很爱护这本旧书。

Tā yìzhí hěn àihù zhè běn jiùshū.

He has always cherished this old book.

他三年写了三本书。

Tā sān nián xiěle sān běn shū.

He wrote three books in as many years.

他们把这本小说变成戏剧。

Tāmen bǎ zhè běn xiǎoshuō biànchéng xìjù.

They made the novel into a drama.

他写了两本书。

Tā xiěle liǎng běn shū.

He has written two books.

他写了本关于美国南北战争的书。

Tā xiěle běn guānyú Měiguó nánběi zhànzhēng de shū.

He wrote a book about the American Civil War.

他只是匆匆涉猎了一下这本书。

Tā zhǐshì cōngcōng shèlièle yíxià zhè běn shū.

He only read this book cursorily.

他号称一天能看完三本书。

Tā hàochēng yì tiān néng kàn wán sān běn shū.

He claims he can finish three books in a day.

他在书店买了本英文书。

Tā zài shūdiàn mǎile běn Yīngwén shū.

He bought an English book at a bookstore.

他在哪买了那本书？

Tā zài nǎ mǎile nà běn shū?

Where did he buy that book?

他在桌子上留下了这本书。

Tā zài zhuōzi shàng liúxiàle zhè běn shū.

He left the book on the table.

他在20岁的时候写了这本书。

Tā zài èrshí suì de shíhou xiěle zhè běn shū.

He wrote this book at the age of twenty.

他想找本书来读。

Tā xiǎng zhǎo běn shū lái dú.

He wants a book to read.

他懂得真多，像本百科全书。

Tā dǒngde zhēn duō, xiàng běn bǎikēquánshū.

He knows so much, like a walking encyclopedia.

他把那两本书弄丢了。

Tā bǎ nà liǎng běn shū nòngdiū le.

He lost those two books.

他有一千多本书。

Tā yǒu yì qiān duō běn shū.

He has more than a thousand books.

他有五本以上的字典。

Tā yǒu wǔ běn yǐshàng de zìdiǎn.

He has more than five dictionaries.

他有几十本关于日本的书。

Tā yǒu jǐ shí běn guānyú Rìběn de shū.

He has dozens of books about Japan.

他有几十本的英文书籍。

Tā yǒu jǐ shí běn de Yīngwén shūjí.

He has dozens of English books.

他本希望可以成功，但是他没有。

Tā běn xīwàng kěyǐ chénggōng, dànshì tā méiyǒu.

He had hoped to succeed, but he didn't.

他本应该成为一个律师。

Tā běn yīnggāi chéngwéi yí gè lǜshī.

He should have been a lawyer.

他本应该更小心的。

Tā běn yīnggāi gèng xiǎoxīn de.

He should have been more careful.

他的英文书不超过五本。

Tā de Yīngwén shū bù chāoguò wǔ běn.

He has no more than five English books.

他的这本书一点意思也没有。

Tā de zhè běn shū yìdiǎn yìsi yě méiyǒu.

This book of his isn't interesting at all.

他给这本书正面的评价。

Tā gěi zhè běn shū zhèngmiàn de píngjià.

His comments about the book were favorable.

他至少有一千本书。

Tā zhìshǎo yǒu yì qiān běn shū.

He has at least one thousand books.

他花了五年写这本专著。

Tā huāle wǔ nián xiě zhè běn zhuānzhù.

He spent five years writing this monograph.

他读完那本书了。

Tā dú wán nà běn shū le.

He finished reading the book.

你一个月读几本书？

Nǐ yí gè yuè dú jǐ běn shū?

How many books do you read per month?

你买的这本书是不是盗版？

Nǐ mǎi de zhè běn shū shìbúshì dàobǎn?

Is this book you bought a pirated copy?

你介意我用这本字典吗？

Nǐ jièyì wǒ yòng zhè běn zìdiǎn ma?

Would you mind my using this dictionary?

你可能已经看过这本书。

Nǐ kěnéng yǐjīng kànguo zhè běn shū.

You may have read this book already.

你喜欢这本书吗？

Nǐ xǐhuan zhè běn shū ma?

Do you like this book?

你在哪本期刊上看到的？

Nǐ zài nǎ běn qīkān shàng kàndào de?

Which journal did you see it in?

你大概会需要三小时读这本书。

Nǐ dàgài huì xūyào sān xiǎoshí dú zhè běn shū.

It's probably going to take you about three hours to read this book.

你最后把哪本书送给了他？

Nǐ zuìhòu bǎ nǎ běn shū sònggěile tā?

Which book did you give him in the end?

你最喜欢这本书中的哪个角色？

Nǐ zuì xǐhuan zhè běn shū zhōng de nǎge juésè?

Who's your favorite character in this book?

你有两本书。

Nǐ yǒu liǎng běn shū.

You have two books.

你有两本书吗？

Nǐ yǒu liǎng běn shū ma?

You've got two books?

你有多少本书？

Nǐ yǒu duōshǎo běn shū?

How many books do you have?

你有没有看完整本书？

Nǐ yǒuméiyǒu kàn wánzhěng běn shū?

Did you read the whole book?

你本应该接受他的建议。

Nǐ běn yīnggāi jiēshòu tā de jiànyì.

You should have accepted his advice.

你本应该更努力学习的。

Nǐ běn yīnggāi gèng nǔlì xuéxí de.

You should have studied harder.

你本应该更明白的。

Nǐ běn yīnggāi gèng míngbai de.

You should have known better.

你本应该这样做的。

Nǐ běn yīnggāi zhèyàng zuò de.

You should have done so.

你没有必要买这本书。

Nǐ méiyǒu bìyào mǎi zhè běn shū.

You didn't need to buy the book.

你用了多少时间来翻译这本书？

Nǐ yòng le duōshǎo shíjiān lái fānyì zhè běn shū?

How long did it take you to translate this book?

你用那本书做什么？

Nǐ yòng nà běn shū zuò shénme?

What did you do with that book?

你看完这本书要多少时间？

Nǐ kàn wán zhè běn shū yào duōshǎo shíjiān?

How long did it take you to finish reading that book?

你知道现在哪本书卖得好吗？

Nǐ zhīdào xiànzài nǎ běn shū mài de hǎo ma?

Do you know which book sells well now?

你翻译这本书用了多少时间？

Nǐ fānyì zhè běn shū yòng le duōshǎo shíjiān?

How long did it take you to translate this book?

你能借我这本书吗？

Nǐ néng jiè wǒ zhè běn shū ma?

Could you lend me the book?

你觉得这本书有趣吗？

Nǐ juéde zhè běn shū yǒuqù ma?

Did you find the book interesting?

你读了那本书吗？

Nǐ dúle nà běn shū ma?

You've already read the book?

你读完这本书了吗？

Nǐ dú wán zhè běn shū le ma?

Have you finished reading the book?

你读完那本书了吗？

Nǐ dú wán nà běn shū le ma?

Have you finished reading that book yet?

你读完那本小说了吗？

Nǐ dú wán nà běn xiǎoshuō le ma?

Have you finished reading that novel?

你读过这本书了吗？

Nǐ dúguo zhè běn shū le ma?

Have you read this book already?

你读过这本书吗？

Nǐ dúguo zhè běn shū ma?

Have you read this book yet?

你读过这本小说的序吗？

Nǐ dúguo zhè běn xiǎoshuō de xù ma?

Have you read the preface to this novel?

你读那本书需要大量词汇。

Nǐ dú nà běn shū xūyào dàliàng cíhuì.

You need a large vocabulary to read that book.

你量一下这本书的厚度。

Nǐ liáng yíxià zhè běn shū de hòudù.

Measure the thickness of this book.

你需要这本书吗？

Nǐ xūyào zhè běn shū ma?

Do you need this book?

兹证明他在本店工作过。

Zī zhèngmíng tā zài běn diàn gōngzuòguo.

This is to certify that he has worked at this store.

写报告时可以参考这本书。

Xiě bàogào shí kěyǐ cānkǎo zhè běn shū.

You can consult this book when writing your report.

写这本书的是医生。

Xiě zhè běn shū de shì yīshēng.

The man who wrote this book is a doctor.

双方本周举行会谈。

Shuāngfāng běn zhōu jǔxíng huìtán.

The two sides hold talks this week.

只有一家商店卖这本书。

Zhǐyǒu yìjiā shāngdiàn mài zhè běn shū.

This book is available at one shop only.

哥哥在书店买了几本教材。

Gēge zài shūdiàn mǎile jǐ běn jiàocái.

My older brother bought a few textbooks at the bookstore.

哪本书是你的？

Nǎ běn shū shì nǐ de?

Which is your book?

哪本是你的书？

Nǎ běn shì nǐ de shū?

Which is your book?

四季轮流变化，本是天理。

Sìjì lúnliú biànhuà, běn shì tiānlǐ.

The seasons change in turn, as is the natural order of things.

她刚刚买了两本娱乐杂志。

Tā gānggang mǎile liǎng běn yúlè zázhì.

She just bought two entertainment magazines.

她在5年里写了5本小说。

Tā zài wǔ nián lǐ xiěle wǔ běn xiǎoshuō.

She wrote 5 novels in 5 years.

她寄这本书给我。

Tā jì zhè běn shū gěi wǒ.

She sent this book to me.

她已经写了几本书。

Tā yǐjīng xiěle jǐ běn shū.

She has written several books.

她很爱惜这本爷爷留下的旧书。

Tā hěn àixī zhè běn yéye liúxià de jiùshū.

She cherishes this old book her grandfather left behind.

她把那本书送给男朋友了。

Tā bǎ nà běn shū sònggěi nánpéngyou le.

She gave that book to her boyfriend.

她拥有二千本书。

Tā yōngyǒu èr qiān běn shū.

She owns two thousand books.

她整晚都在看那本书。

Tā zhěng wǎn dōu zài kàn nà běn shū.

She read the book all night.

她有两千本书。

Tā yǒu liǎng qiān běn shū.

She has two thousand books.

她有几百本书。

Tā yǒu jǐ bǎi běn shū.

She has hundreds of books.

她给了我几本书。

Tā gěi le wǒ jǐ běn shū.

She gave me several books.

她读完这本书了吗？

Tā dú wán zhè běn shū le ma?

Has she finished the book yet?

富贵本无根，尽从勤里得

fùguì běn wúgēn, jìn cóng qín lǐ dé

wealth and rank have no roots; all come from diligence

将相本无种，男儿当自强

jiàngxiàng běn wú zhǒng, nán'ér dāng zìqiáng

generals and ministers are not born of a special seed; a man should strive to be strong

很多学生买了这本书。

Hěn duō xuésheng mǎile zhè běn shū.

Many students bought the book.

您为什么想买这本书？

Nín wèishénme xiǎng mǎi zhè běn shū?

Why do you want to buy this book?

您本应该看看它的。

Nín běn yīnggāi kànkan tā de.

You should have seen it.

您确定那本书在这个书架上？

Nín quèdìng nà běn shū zài zhège shūjià shàng?

Are you sure the book is on this shelf?

我丈夫正在写这本书。

Wǒ zhàngfu zhèngzài xiě zhè běn shū.

The book is being written by my husband.

我不可以借这本书给你。

Wǒ bù kěyǐ jiè zhè běn shū gěi nǐ.

I cannot lend this book to you.

我不想读这本书。

Wǒ bùxiǎng dú zhè běn shū.

I don't want to read this book.

我不能买这本书，太贵了。

Wǒ bùnéng mǎi zhè běn shū, tài guìle.

I cannot buy this book. It's too expensive.

我今天总共买了十本书。

Wǒ jīntiān zǒnggòng mǎile shí běn shū.

Today, I bought ten books in all.

我从英国订了这本书。

Wǒ cóng Yīngguó dìngle zhè běn shū.

I ordered the book from England.