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本钱

běn qián

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 本錢

本钱 (běn qián) means "capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 本钱 means

1. capital
2. (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)

The characters in 本钱

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两

Example sentences

• 年轻就是本钱。
  Youth is an asset.

Words containing 本钱

• 有本钱yǒu běn qiánto be in a position to (take on a challenge etc)
• 身体是革命的本钱shēn tǐ shì gé mìng de běn qiánlit. the body is the revolution's capital; fig. good health is a prerequisite for work…

Where 本钱 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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