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本身 (běn shēn): itself

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 6pronoun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: itself
Characters: 2
Part of speech: pronoun
HSK level: HSK 6

Full definitions

itself
in itself
per se

Chinese explanation

指某个事物或人自己，强调不依赖其他事物或人
用在名词或代词后，表示该对象自身，常用来区分于其他相关的人或物
有时表示事物的根本性质或原始状态。

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Character breakdown

HSK 5

(bound form) root

HSK 4

body, oneself

Example sentences

This problem itself is not difficult.

He himself is a teacher, so he is good at lecturing.

Health itself is more important than money.

This book itself is interesting, but the translation is not very good.

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