本意 meaning in English

běnyì

original idea; real intention

HSK 7-9noun18 strokes

Meaning of 本意

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běnyì

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

那nà不bú是shì我wǒ的de本běn意yì。

That wasn't my intent.

你nǐ的de本běn意yì是shì想xiǎng那nà样yàng做zuò吗ma？

Did you mean to do that?

自zì私sī不bú是shì我wǒ的de本běn意yì。

I didn't mean to be selfish.

你nǐ所suǒ说shuō的de话huà取qǔ决jué于yú你nǐ的de本běn意yì。

The word you use depends on your intended meaning.

“胡hú同tòng”这zhè个ge词cí，本běn意yì是shì“水shuǐ井jǐng”，来lái源yuán于yú700年nián前qián的de蒙měng古gǔ语yǔ。

The term "hutong", originally meaning "water well", came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago.

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Words that share a character with 本意.

本子	běnzi	book; notebook
课本	kèběn	textbook
意思	yìsi	idea; opinion
愿意	yuànyì	to wish; to want
不好意思	bù hǎoyìsi	to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing
有意思	yǒu yìsi	interesting; meaningful
意见	yìjiàn	idea; opinion
满意	mǎnyì	satisfied; pleased
故意	gùyì	deliberately; on purpose
笔记本	bǐjìběn	notebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3]); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦\|笔记本电脑[bi
根本	gēnběn	fundamental; basic
注意	zhùyì	to take note of; to pay attention to

What does 本意 mean?

本意 (běnyì) means "original idea; real intention" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 本意?

本意 is made of 2 characters: 本 (5 strokes), 意 (13 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 本意 an HSK word?

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