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HSK 3 · Time Adverbs

本来

běn lái

originally

Stroke order of 本来

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

本 · 5 strokes来 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

A tree 木 with its root marked 本, plus 来 coming: how things were at the root.

Parts: 本 root (木 tree + 一 mark) + 来 come

The characters in 本来

  • 本 běn — measure word for books (5 strokes)
  • 来 lái — to come (7 strokes)

Example sentence

我本来想去，可是太累了。

I originally wanted to go, but I was too tired.

Words with 本

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

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise来to come来到to arrive; to come to出来to come out进来to come in回来to come back来自to come from后来afterwards; later原来originally; so it turns out接下来next; following越来越more and more带来to bring过来to come over上来to come up下来to come down传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since从来always; ever

More words: Time Adverbs

久long (time)曾经once; formerly早已long ago; long since已already至今until now; so far以来since自从since直到until始终from start to finish; all along从来always; ever提前in advance; to move up及时timely; promptly立刻immediately连忙promptly; hastily赶紧hurriedly; quickly赶快quickly; at once

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