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HSK 3 · Ability & Possibility

本事

běn shi

ability; skill

Stroke order of 本事

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

本 · 5 strokes事 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

A root 本 and an affair 事: the affair you can handle from the root.

Parts: 本 root + 事 matter

The characters in 本事

  • 本 běn — measure word for books (5 strokes)
  • 事 shì — matter; thing (8 strokes)

Example sentence

你真有本事！

You really have skill!

Words with 本

课本textbook本子notebook本measure word for books笔记本notebook; laptop本来originally本领skill; ability基本basic; basically基本上basically; mainly根本fundamental; at all

Words with 事

没事儿it's OK; never mind事matter; thing同事colleague故事story事情matter; thing好事good thing事业career; cause从事to be engaged in事故accident事件incident; event事实fact事实上in fact

More words: Ability & Possibility

能力ability才能talent; ability本领skill; ability实力strength; capability力force; strength力量power; strength能不能can or cannot敢to dare应当should; ought to必要necessary必然inevitable; certainly有的是to have plenty of没用useless有效effective; valid

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