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本能

běn néng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

本能 (běn néng) means "instinct". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 本能 means

1. instinct

The characters in 本能

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly

Words containing 本能

• 凭本能做事píng běn néng zuò shìto follow one's nose

Where 本能 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bēi–běn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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