原本 meaning in English

yuánběn

originally; the original; original copy; original version

HSK 7-9adverb15 strokes

Meaning of 原本

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yuánběn
  1. originally
  2. the original; original copy; original version

原本 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ原yuán本běn打dǎ算suàn和hé朋péng友yǒu一yì起qǐ去qù游yóu乐lè园yuán,但dàn有yǒu点diǎn担dān心xīn天tiān气qì会huì变biàn差chà。
I was thinking of going to the amusement park with my friends, but I was a bit worried that the weather would get worse.
我wǒ原yuán本běn是shì不bù需xū要yào给gěi花huā浇jiāo水shuǐ的de,我wǒ刚gāng浇jiāo完wán就jiù下xià雨yǔ了le。
I need not have watered the flowers. Just after I finished it started raining.
要yào不bú是shì被bèi绊bàn了le一yī下xià,我wǒ原yuán本běn能néng赢yíng的de。
I would've won if I hadn't tripped.
州zhōu长zhǎng最zuì近jìn的de丑chǒu闻wén玷diàn污wū了le她tā原yuán本běn完wán美měi无wú瑕xiá的de政zhèng绩jì。
The governor's recent scandal was a blight on her otherwise pristine track record.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

原 yuán · former · 10 strokes

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本 běn · root · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 原本.

本子běnzibook; notebook
课本kèběntextbook
原因yuányīncause; origin
原来yuánláioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3]); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑[bi
根本gēnběnfundamental; basic
本来běnláioriginal; originally
基本jīběnbasic; fundamental
基本上jīběnshàngbasically; on the whole
本事běnshisource material; original story
本领běnlǐngskill; ability
原则yuánzéprinciple; doctrine

Questions about 原本

What does 原本 mean?

原本 (yuánběn) means "originally; the original; original copy; original version" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 原本?

原本 is made of 2 characters: 原 (10 strokes), 本 (5 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 原本 an HSK word?

Yes. 原本 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.