本
běn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
The measure word for books and other bound things: notebooks, magazines, dictionaries. It goes between a number (or 这, 那) and the noun: 一本书 'a book', 两本书 'two books', 这本书 'this book'.
Lượng từ dùng cho sách và những thứ đóng thành quyển như vở, tạp chí, từ điển, giống “quyển”, “cuốn” trong tiếng Việt. Đứng giữa số đếm (hoặc 这, 那) và danh từ: 一本书 (một quyển sách), 两本书 (hai quyển sách), 这本书 (quyển sách này).
ClassifierRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “本” mean?
The measure word for books and other bound things: notebooks, magazines, dictionaries. It goes between a number (or 这, 那) and the noun: 一本书 'a book', 两本书 'two books', 这本书 'this book'.
Is “本” formal or informal?
本 is generally neutral.