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本士

běn shì

2-character word

What 本士 means

1. loanwordpence
2. penny

The characters in 本士

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

Sounds the same

Read běn shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 本事source material; original story
• 本市this city; our city

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