← Dictionary
本来
繁體 本來
běn láiben3 lai2
HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 3freq #1,093db
释义Meanings
  1. 1.original
  2. 2.originally
  3. 3.at first
  4. 4.it goes without saying
  5. 5.of course
汉字Characters
běn
root, origin, source; basis
radical: 木
decomp: ⿻木一
lái
to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
radical: 木
decomp: ⿻未丷
例句Examples
  • 你本来可以做的。
    nǐ běnlái kěyǐ zuò de 。
    You could have been done.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 我本来打算去那里。
    wǒ běnlái dǎsuàn qù nàli 。
    I was going to go there.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 她本来应该更小心的。
    tā běnlái yīnggāi gēng xiǎoxīn de 。
    She should have been more careful.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 你本来以为我想说什么？
    nǐ běnlái yǐwéi wǒ xiǎng shuō shénme ？
    You would have thought what I want to say?
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 我本来什么也不知道啊！
    wǒ běnlái shénme yě bù zhīdào a ！
    I did not know what ah!
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 你本来应该介绍自己的。
    nǐ běnlái yīnggāi jièshào zìjǐ de 。
    You should have introduced their own.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 本来在这里的人都走了。
    běnlái zài zhèlǐ de rén dōu zǒu le 。
    Originally people here are gone.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 本来这间房间里没有家具。
    běnlái zhè jiān fángjiān lǐ méiyǒu jiājù 。
    This room had no furniture.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 我本来想走的，但后来忘了。
    wǒ běnlái xiǎng zǒu de ， dàn hòulái wàng le 。
    I did want to go, but then forgot.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 我本来很想走走，但是天太热了。
    wǒ běnlái hěnxiǎng zǒuzǒu ， dànshì tiāntàirè le 。
    I originally wanted to walk, but too hot.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 我本来想给她打电话的，结果忘了。
    wǒ běnlái xiǎng gěi tā dǎdiànhuà de ， jiéguǒ wàng le 。
    I had wanted to call her, forget the results.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 我们本来准备明天去海边的，但是预计明天有雨。
    wǒmen běnlái zhǔnbèi míngtiān qù hǎibiān de ， dànshì yùjì míngtiān yǒuyǔ 。
    We were ready to go to the beach tomorrow, but expect rain tomorrow.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 不要见怪呀，本来只是打算说一些轻松的笑话的。
    bùyào jiànguài yā ， běnlái zhǐshì dǎsuàn shuō yīxiē qīngsōng de xiàohuà de 。
    Do not take offense to it, I was just going to say some light jokes.
    HSK ≤ 4
  • 您本来想写什么着名歌曲？为什么？
    nín běnlái xiǎng xiě shénme zhùmíng gēqǔ ？ wèishénme ？
    You would have to write what famous song? why?
    HSK ≤ 5
  • 我从来不认为安逸和享乐是人生本来的目的。
    wǒ cóngláibù rènwéi ānyì hé xiǎnglè shì rénshēng běnlái de mùdì 。
    I never consider ease and joyfulness as the original purpose of life.
    HSK ≤ 7