本能
běnnéng
instinct; instinctively
Characters in this word
能 néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 在危险靠近的一瞬间，她出于本能把孩子拉到自己身后。 Zài wēixiǎn kàojìn de yí shùnjiān, tā chūyú běnnéng bǎ háizi lā dào zìjǐ shēnhòu. The moment danger approached, she instinctively pulled the child behind her.
- 小鸟天生有飞行的本能。 Xiǎoniǎo tiānshēng yǒu fēixíng de běnnéng. Little birds are born with the instinct to fly.
- 听到巨响，我们本能地蹲了下来。 Tīng dào jùxiǎng, wǒmen běnnéng de dūn le xiàlái. Hearing a loud bang, we instinctively crouched down.
Related words
- 本 běn measure word for books; root
- 本子 běnzi notebook, exercise book
- 课本 kèběn textbook
- 笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook
- 本来 běnlái originally; at first
- 本领 běnlǐng skill; ability
- 本事 běnshi ability; skill
- 根本 gēnběn simply; basic
- 基本 jīběn basic
- 基本上 jīběnshang basically; mostly
- 本科 běnkē undergraduate studies
- 本人 běnrén oneself