Chinese Traditional: 本身
Chinese Simplified: 本身
Pinyin: ben3 shen1
Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄣ
English Meaning: oneself, itself

Example Sentences:

這棟建築物本身有獨立的供電系統。
这栋建筑物本身有独立的供电系统。
zhe4 dong4 jian4 zhu2 wu4 ben3 shen1 you3 du2 li4 de5 gong1 dian4 xi4 tong3.
The building has its own independent power supply.
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Related Words:

 

běn

1. root, origin, source, basis 2. (a measure word for books, albums, magazines) 3. this, the current 4. one's (the speaker's) own 5. capital, principal 6. edition, version, copy 7. originally, initially 8. here, this very

Here: origin, source

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shēn

1. body, torso 2. oneself 3. personally

Here: oneself

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