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本应 meaning in English

běnyīng

should have; ought to have

Traditional 本應12 strokes

Meaning of 本应

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

běnyīng
  1. should have; ought to have

本应 in example sentences

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

我wǒ本běn应yīng该gāi先xiān问wèn的de。
I should've asked.
你nǐ本běn应yīng该gāi更gèng努nǔ力lì学xué习xí的de。
You should have studied harder.
我wǒ本běn应yīng该gāi向xiàng汤tāng姆mǔ求qiú助zhù的de。
I should've asked Tom to help.
你nǐ本běn应yīng该gāi早zǎo点diǎn做zuò的de。现xiàn在zài已yǐ经jīng没méi有yǒu任rèn何hé办bàn法fǎ了le。
You should've done it earlier. It can't be helped now.
你nǐ本běn应yīng该gāi来lái得de更gèng早zǎo的de。
You should have come earlier.

Stroke order for each character

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

本 běn · root · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

应 yīng · to agree · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 本应.

本子běnzibook; notebook
课本kèběntextbook
应该yīnggāiought to; should; must
答应dāyingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
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
反应fǎnyìngto react; to respond
基本jīběnbasic; fundamental
基本上jīběnshàngbasically; on the whole
适应shìyìngto adapt; to fit
本事běnshisource material; original story

Questions about 本应

What does 本应 mean?

本应 (běnyīng) means "should have; ought to have".

How do you write 本应?

本应 is made of 2 characters: 本 (5 strokes), 应 (7 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 本应 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 本应 is written 本應.