本土
běntǔ
local, native territory
Characters in this word
土 tǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这家公司虽然在海外发展很快，但仍把本土市场视为核心。 Zhè jiā gōngsī suīrán zài hǎiwài fāzhǎn hěn kuài, dàn réng bǎ běntǔ shìchǎng shìwéi héxīn. Although this company is expanding quickly overseas, it still regards the local market as its core.
- 这种水果只生长在本土，国外很少见。 Zhè zhǒng shuǐguǒ zhǐ shēngzhǎng zài běntǔ, guówài hěn shǎo jiàn. This fruit only grows on our home soil and is rarely seen abroad.
- 本土作家的作品更能反映当地人的生活。 Běntǔ zuòjiā de zuòpǐn gèng néng fǎnyìng dāngdì rén de shēnghuó. The works of local writers better reflect the life of local people.
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