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 本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn 原来 原來 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out syn 约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 原本 yuán běn originally / original syn 最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally syn 原始 yuán shǐ first / original / primitive / original (document etc) syn 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 歌声 歌聲 gē shēng singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] syn 原先 yuán xiān originally / original / former syn 本意 běn yì original idea / real intention / etymon syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 原样 原樣 yuán yàng original shape / the same as before syn 还原 還原 huán yuán to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry) syn 原意 yuán yì original meaning / original intention syn 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn 初衷 chū zhōng original intention syn 原形 yuán xíng original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character syn 原状 原狀 yuán zhuàng previous condition / original state syn 原件 yuán jiàn the original / original document / master copy 原有 yuán yǒu original / former syn 原文 yuán wén original text syn 独到 獨到 dú dào original syn 新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud / fig. new and original syn 原罪 yuán zuì original sin 实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn 原著 yuán zhù original work (not translation or abridged) 原稿 yuán gǎo manuscript / original copy syn 原封不动 原封不動 yuán fēng bù dòng sticking unmoving to the original (idiom) / not an iota changed / untouched syn 返还 返還 fǎn huán restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance 标新立异 標新立異 biāo xīn lì yì to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom) syn 复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 原位 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ 原处 原處 yuán chù original spot / previous place / where it was before 原貌 yuán mào the original form syn 墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn 原装 原裝 yuán zhuāng genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged) 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 原生 yuán shēng original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware) 原作 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author 偷梁换柱 偷梁換柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom) syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 原产地 原產地 yuán chǎn dì original source / place of origin / provenance 原址 yuán zhǐ original location 别出心裁 別出心裁 bié chū xīn cái to hit on sth new (idiom) / to display originality / to adopt an original approach syn 道地 dào dì authentic / original syn 手迹 手跡 shǒu jì sb's original handwriting or painting syn 改判 gǎi pàn (law) to amend a judgment / to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score 祖籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration) syn 正本 zhèng běn original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book) syn 石破天惊 石破天驚 shí pò tiān jīng earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work syn 创见 創見 chuàng jiàn an original idea syn 本义 本義 běn yì original meaning / literal sense 别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn 万变不离其宗 萬變不離其宗 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom) / plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose syn 原创 原創 yuán chuàng to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work 楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional) 本事 běn shì source material / original story syn 原图 原圖 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version) 原产 原產 yuán chǎn original production / native to (of species) 代工 dài gōng OEM (original equipment manufacturer) 归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn 太虚 太虛 tài xū great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos syn 独具匠心 獨具匠心 dú jù jiàng xīn original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity syn 俗家 sú jiā layman / layperson / original home of a monk 归位 歸位 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom) 故我 gù wǒ one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 回弹 回彈 huí tán (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back 原性 yuán xìng original nature 匠心独运 匠心獨運 jiàng xīn dú yùn original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity syn 祖居 zǔ jū former residence / one's original home syn 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 原汁原味 yuán zhī yuán wèi original / authentic syn 墨翟 mò dí original name of Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3] 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 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 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3] 