本性
běnxìng
innate nature; true character
Characters in this word
性 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在权力和利益面前，他终于暴露出贪婪的本性。 Zài quánlì hé lìyì miànqián, tā zhōngyú bàolù chū tānlán de běnxìng. Faced with power and profit, he finally exposed his greedy true nature.
- 俗话说，江山易改，本性难移，他还是老样子。 Súhuà shuō, jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí, tā háishi lǎo yàngzi. As the saying goes, a leopard can't change its spots, and he is still the same as ever.
- 小孩子的本性就是爱玩，不能总是管得太严。 Xiǎo háizi de běnxìng jiù shì ài wán, bù néng zǒngshì guǎn de tài yán. It is children's nature to love playing, so you shouldn't always be too strict with them.
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