本来(běn lái): original
original
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 本来 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Word information
- Pinyin
- běn lái
- Meaning
- original
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 本來
Appears in lessons
本来 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 本来 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
她本来没必要付钱的。
tā běn lái méi bì yào fù qián de
She needn't have paid the money.
我本来什么也不知道啊！
wǒ běn lái shén me yě bù zhī dào a
Originally, I knew nothing about it at all!
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