本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 账户 賬戶 zhàng hù bank account / online account 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end syn 书籍 書籍 shū jí books / works syn 图书 圖書 tú shū books (in a library or bookstore) / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] syn 书本 書本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) syn 算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books / to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account / to get one's revenge syn 出纳 出納 chū nà cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books syn 装订 裝訂 zhuāng dìng bookbinding / to bind (books etc) syn 书刊 書刊 shū kān books and periodicals / publications syn 藏书 藏書 cáng shū to collect books / library collection 书库 書庫 shū kù a store room for books / fig. an erudite person / the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus 版税 版稅 bǎn shuì royalty (on books) syn 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn 丛书 叢書 cóng shū a series of books / a collection of books syn 借阅 借閱 jiè yuè to borrow books to read 翻看 fān kàn to browse / to look over (books) syn 书报 書報 shū bào papers and books syn 古籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books syn 活期 huó qī (banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc) 经书 經書 jīng shū classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras syn 典籍 diǎn jí ancient books or records syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 秘笈 mì jí secret book or collection of books 银行存款 銀行存款 yín háng cún kuǎn a bank account / cash held in bank account (accountancy) 借书 借書 jiè shū borrow books 算帐 算帳 suàn zhàng to reckon (accounting) / to balance an account / fig. to settle an account / to get one's revenge 出书 出書 chū shū to publish books 四库全书 四庫全書 sì kù quán shū Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty) 印数 印數 yìn shù the amount of books etc printed at one impression / print run 还书 還書 huán shū return books 查帐 查帳 chá zhàng to audit accounts / to inspect accounting books syn 四书 四書 sì shū Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 syn 叶圣陶 葉聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 二十四史 èr shí sì shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story 流水账 流水賬 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account 报帐 報帳 bào zhàng to render an account / to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement syn 严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 卷 juàn scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll syn 乘 shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn 册 冊 cè book / booklet / classifier for books syn 丛 叢 cóng cluster / collection / collection of books / thicket syn 赊账 賒賬 shē zhàng to buy or sell on credit / outstanding account / to have an outstanding account syn 笈 jí trunks (for books) syn 蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten syn 汗牛充栋 汗牛充棟 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom) / fig. many books syn 焚书 焚書 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) 黄色书刊 黃色書刊 huáng sè shū kān pornographic books and magazines 书名号 書名號 shū míng hào Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc) 因为 因為 yīn wèi because / owing to / on account of syn 记录 記錄 jì lù to record / record (written account) / note-taker / record (in sports etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 汇报 彙報 huì bào to report / to give an account of / report syn 基于 基於 jī yú because of / on the basis of / in view of / on account of syn 口径 口徑 kǒu jìng bore / caliber / diameter / aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue) / version (of events) / account / narrative / line syn 讲述 講述 jiǎng shù to talk about / to narrate / to give an account syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 占有 佔有 zhàn yǒu to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc) syn 记载 記載 jì zǎi to write down / to record / written account syn 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn 付账 付賬 fù zhàng to settle an account 叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn 质问 質問 zhì wèn to question / to ask questions / to inquire / to bring to account / to interrogate syn 户头 戶頭 hù tóu bank account / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 账号 賬號 zhàng hào account number / username 报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out syn 小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc) 转账 轉賬 zhuǎn zhàng to transfer (money to a bank account) syn 封存 fēng cún to sequester / to seal up (for safe keeping) / to freeze (an account) / to mothball syn 盗取 盜取 dào qǔ to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate syn 结算 結算 jié suàn to settle a bill / to close an account 存入 cún rù to deposit (e.g. in a bank account) 余额 餘額 yú é balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder 户口 戶口 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 开户 開戶 kāi hù to open an account (bank etc) 述说 述說 shù shuō to recount / to narrate / to give an account of syn 勾勒 gōu lè to draw the outline of / to outline / to sketch / to delineate contours of / to give a brief account of syn 记账 記賬 jì zhàng to keep accounts / bookkeeping / to charge to an account 记述 記述 jì shù to write an account (of events) syn 问罪 問罪 wèn zuì to denounce / to condemn / to call to account / to punish syn 账簿 賬簿 zhàng bù an account book / a ledger 逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí misfortune turns to blessing (idiom) / to turn an inauspicious start to good account syn 酌情 zhuó qíng to use discretion / to take circumstances into account / to make allowances pertinent to a situation syn 尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn 封号 封號 fēng hào (archaic) title granted to a person / to ban an (online) account 赊销 賒銷 shē xiāo credit transaction / to sell on account 缘起 緣起 yuán qǐ to originate / origin / genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor syn 切莫 qiè mò you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it) syn 汇兑 匯兌 huì duì remittance / funds paid to a bank account 帐号 帳號 zhàng hào account number / username 帐户 帳戶 zhàng hù (bank, computer etc) account 绑定 綁定 bǎng dìng (loanword) binding / to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number) 不计 不計 bù jì to disregard / to take no account of 转帐 轉帳 zhuǎn zhàng transfer money from or into an account 划拨 劃撥 huà bō to assign / to allocate / to transfer (money to an account) syn 决算 決算 jué suàn final account / to calculate the final bill / fig. to draw up plans to deal with sth 账款 賬款 zhàng kuǎn money in an account 