本事

běn shì

HSK 3freq #5333

Meanings

CC-CEDICT

běn shì

1.source material
2.original story

běn shi

1.ability
2.skill

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Wiktionary

1.original story; source material (of a literary work)
2.this matter
3.skill; ability
4.capable

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Stroke order

Components

本木㇐

事十中⺺㇚

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

她真的有本事让别人做她想做的事。
She has a real knack for getting people to do what she wants.

Sentences from Tatoeba · CC-BY 2.0 FR

More examples & usage (AI)

Related words

有本事 to have what it takes 卖本事 to flaunt a skill 看家本事 see 看家本领[kān jiā běn lǐng]